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…
So officially, Summer is done and dusted. Which is fine with me, if it means Autumn rains aplenty. By the Milkwood Farm clock, however, we’re still right smack bang in Summer, for a few more weeks at least. Tomatoes absolutely everywhere, corn coming on, beans about to ripen, cucurbits extra absolutely everywhere, and Surprise! more…
The whole restaurant-with-added-market-garden is becoming a bit of a thing. And hooray for that. Most examples I’ve seen, however, are heavy on look-and-feel, but light on actual, really truly, garden-to-plate action. Not so with Harvest Cafe in Newrybar, just south of Byron Bay.
Ever wanted to start an urban micro-farm on that spare block at the end of your street? Check out this stunning example: Wagtail Urban Farm – a blooming spare-block in Adelaide. Living proof that growing on rented urban land can be a very good thing.
‘Next year, we’ll build a proper greenhouse’ – how many years in a row have we said that? At least five. But at last, it’s happened. Given the frosty conditions and temperamental weather here, a happy space for our spring seedlings to germinate and grow has been a wonderful, powerful thing. No more seed raising…
DIY fold-up farmstands allow producers (or picklers, bakers and beyond) a flexible way of bringing food to the people. They also protect your produce from the sun, and allow for a quick pack up should the rain come down.
Last weekend we held our annual Spring Market Garden Masterclass down at Allsun Farm, with the unstoppable forces that are Joyce Wilkie and Michael Plane. This long weekend is always something akin to diving into Joyce + Mike’s heads, and into the crunchy whirlwind that is a small, diverse ‘garden farm’. Here’s a little of…
In less than two weeks we’ll be opening up the Milkwood market garden for 3 days of hands-on learning in the craft of organic market gardening. Last chance till Autumn to get your learning on! It will be a scrumptious and inspiring workshop. Check out the pictures from last time here…
Movable greenhouses (on rails, skids or wheels) can be a great idea for the serious backyard grower or small-scale veggie farmer. They’re a great way to benefit your plants, extend your growing season and avoid the potential insect and disease buildup of greenhouse growing…
The winter green manure mix has done it’s job, and done it well. Now for the transformation – green carpet turns to living mulch turns into seed bed. It’s planting time.
We think it is high time we started introducing you to the network of awesomeness that is the growers and doers we work with, and whom we take inspiration from. These are the folks we know and love who spend their days wrangling, organising and producing clean food in small, localised food systems. So that…
Guess what? We’ve got a last-minute opening in our Applied Growing Skills program at the Milkwood Farm market garden. Are you up for a unique chance to learn the craft of chemical-free vegetable growing this Spring? This 10 week program is an intensive and practical introduction to all aspects of organic market gardening: from designing…
We’re very excited to announce a new form of intensive organic market garden training at Milkwood Farm. Our new Applied Skills Placements are a one-of-a-kind opportunity to spend 10 weeks in the garden with Michael Hewins, and receive personalised tuition about starting a market garden enterprise. Michael has designed this new program as an intensive learning opportunity…
Following up on to town, with a suitcase full of carrots, we thought you might like to see the video that was made about the TEDxSydney Crowd Farming project. This rather crazy project (though it doesn’t seem that crazy if you know Jess Miller) aimed to source as much of the catering food for TEDxSydney…