Plant it, grow it, use it, eat it! Here's our favourite resources on growing all types of good things – from microgreens to oak trees.
See below for planting guides, how-to's, books and resources, as well as interviews with amazing growers to get you inspired…
Nationwide there’s a movement rumbling of folks wanting to connect more deeply with the land, and specifically with the origins of their food. In the outskirts of the not-so-small pocket of Byron Bay a new space set to aid this for locals and visitors alike is emerging – and fast.
Allsun Farm’s market garden down at Gundaroo is like this little magic pocket of green in the middle of the scrub. A secret garden you can eat, if you like.
Spring is for new beginnings, and new plans. And new gardens, too. And for learning – always learning. This Spring was the first time we’d run an Intro to Organic Market Gardening course somewhere other than our own farm. New farms, new fields, new folks.
One of the most delightful things that comes out of our courses is when we hear stories months, or sometimes years, later about students heading off to start their own enterprises based on what they’ve learnt. Even better when that comes full circle and those students start supplying us with materials to teach the next…
We did it! All of us! There’s nothing quite so awesome as when folks come together with a common goal. It’s the essence of people power. Last Saturday, with the help of over 40 beautiful, hard working humans, we lifted 12 cubic meters of soil from the ground floor up to the 107 Rooftop Garden – with buckets,…
Tomatoes are an unique plant when it comes to home gardening – for so many of us it’s one of the first plants we love to try. After all, picking a fresh ripe tomato from the vine and popping it into your mouth to be reminded of what real homegrown tomatoes actually taste like is one…
The first time I heard the idea of a weekend farmers market criticised by a prominent local food advocate, I was a little shocked. The second time, it made me think. And now…
When it comes to learning market gardening from the experts, we think Michael and Joyce from Allsun Farm are up there with the best. They walked us through setting up our original market garden at the old Milkwood property in Mudgee many years ago, and farm seasonal vegetables at their thriving productive property in Gundaroo, NSW.
The term CSA – Community Supported Agriculture – gets used a fair bit in this country, sometimes referring (incorrectly) to veggie box schemes filled with veg from far and wide. But in reality, we have very few true CSAs in Australia; hence our limited understanding of what one is, and why they can be so valuable…
An organic market gardener’s toolkit is their best friend – the right tools can turn a 50-minute job into a five minute one. There’s a huge range of tools that can be put to valuable use in a market garden, but there certainly seems to be a certain bunch that tend to get pulled out…
Those of you who have been around these parts for a while might remember a review we did a few years back of one of permaculture’s essential reads, Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith. Some say it formed part of the basis of permaculture’s origins, as a concept. And so it goes without…
Suddenly, here, the nights are colder and the air crisper. As we ease on into another winter we’re getting ready to plant greens. It’s good fortune really that the abundance of greens that we can grow in the colder months are full of nutrition!
So you’re resolved to grow the best darn vegetables ever. You’re on a mission to feed your family nutrient-dense, organic, home-grown food, to stick it to the supermarket, and to hopefully have enough to share with friends and neighbours too. Getting your soil’s pH balanced can help a lot. Here’s how to do it: