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Review: The Art of Frugal Hedonism + Grown and Gathered

October 17, 2016 | Cooking, Farming, Food & Fermentation, Foraging, Frugalism, Gardening, Permaculture, Resources | 0 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Rarely have two books landed on our kitchen table at once that have been so different, yet so similar! The Art of Frugal Hedonism + Grown and Gathered encompass deep urban frugalism (for hedonists) to dreamy-yet-muddy farm life+kitchen. With pictures. In a current climate where lots … Continued

Foraging: Australian Morels – Morchella australiana

September 26, 2016 | Foraging, Mushrooms | 0 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Morel mushrooms are not something I was expecting to find often in the Australian bush. Infact, we’d only heard rumours about them existing at all. Until we came across Morchella australiana. When I think of Morels (Morchella species), I think of … Continued

Foraging + Eating Sea Lettuce: Ulva Lactuca

August 8, 2016 | Foraging, Frugalism | 2 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Eat your foraged greens, wherever they may be. Anyone for a seaside sandwich? Sea lettuce is easy to find and forage, and it’s packed with goodness. In NSW (the regulations in other states vary slightly), sea lettuce is the one … Continued

Growing: Enokitake Mushrooms in the Currant Patch

July 25, 2016 | Foraging, Forest Gardening, Mushrooms | 0 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Enokitake are a delicious wild mushroom that’s a great addition to any food growing system, so we were excited to find them growing unannounced in the black currant patch at Melliodora. Time to encourage and cultivate! Talk about stacking functions. … Continued

Making Seaweed Fertilizer: with added Nettles, Comfrey and Borage

July 4, 2016 | Appropriate Technology, Foraging, Gardening, Permaculture | 1 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

If you live near the coast, seaweed can be a fantastic resource to forage for fertilizing your garden. There’s lots of easy ways to use it to increase the health of your soil, and your veggies and flowers too. First … Continued

Foraging, Drying + Eating Seaweed in Australia

June 6, 2016 | Food & Fermentation, Foraging, Frugalism | 4 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Seaweeds stand alone as an incredibly nutritious, regenerative resources like no other – and for many Australians, they’re right on our doorstep. Here’s the basics of foraging, drying and eating a few of them. Firstly, the question that I’ve been grappling … Continued

Farming the Commons: How to Turn Brambles into Goats Cheese

February 22, 2016 | Animals, Foraging, Frugalism, Grazing, Integrated Pest Management, Permaculture | 0 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Though we may not realise it, common ground is still to be found in our towns. It’s just not called that anymore. And utilizing common land as the community resource it is makes good sense. Especially when you can turn brambles … Continued

Making Lilli Pilli Gin: and muffins, and cordial, and chutney…

February 8, 2016 | Food & Fermentation, Foraging, Forest Gardening, Frugalism, Fruit Trees | 3 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

When street trees are also highly delicious. Bring on the lilli pilly everything. Where we live on the south coast of NSW, lilli pilli’s are just about everywhere – they’re up in the rainforest (where they’ve always been – they’re … Continued

On Voluntary Simplicity, and Frugality

February 5, 2016 | Foraging, Frugalism, Permaculture | 16 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

I think we got lost for a little bit there… In between all the educating and the ‘how-to’ ing, when we started calculating that it was more economic to work more, keep our kid in after school care, and buy … Continued

The Mulberry as Placemaker + Community Resource

October 30, 2015 | Community, Food & Fermentation, Foraging, Forest Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Permaculture | 15 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Next to my primary school, down by the railway track, there is a mulberry tree. It’s been there since before I started kindergarten. I think it was self-seeded, but it’s difficult to say – the street verge just there has since … Continued

5 Bush Tucker Plants for Your Small Garden

August 31, 2015 | Foraging, Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Permaculture, Vegetable Gardening | 24 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

Planting some bush tucker plants is a great way to increase diversity and resilience. Here’s some tasty, compact suggestions for bush tucker gardening on the small. The Australian continent is full of unique indigenous food plants that look and taste entirely unlike … Continued

Rambling: Daylesford, with Artist as Family

August 24, 2015 | Foraging, Permaculture | 0 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

A night in an eco shack followed by a tour of the Daylesford Community Garden in deep winter – the air was frosty, but the company was enough to put the fire in your belly. I’ve always been curious about Daylesford … Continued

Making an Upside Down Fire – the Tasmanian Edition

April 27, 2015 | Appropriate Technology, Foraging, Gardening, Permaculture, Rambling + Adventures | 6 comments | Author : Kirsten Bradley

I can’t think of a better way to spend an evening – a rushing stream, forest all around, and a campfire. Of course. Recently we were down in Tasmania and we found one of those choice little spots that, when you’re planning … Continued

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