Sauerkraut has become a primary cog in the engine of our kitchen. We eat it hot, we eat it cold. On eggs, in soups, and on the side. You can make it with whatever you’ve got. Or nearly. So of course there’s traditional sauerkraut, which is made from just cabbage, i.e. kraut. And it is…
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Radical Mycology by Peter McCoy is a book that will get you excited about fungi, whether you like it or not. That’s because, aside from being a competent guide to the technical aspects of mushroom cultivation, it’s a book that is literally sporulating with enthusiasm for the world of fungi, in all its forms. Don’t want to…
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Its a strange thing, how simple tools like compost, forking techniques and biointensive plant spacings might just shape our futures. And also, not so strange at all. The killer thing that we love about biointensive growing is it’s attention to ensuring immediate productivity, while ensuring long-term soil health. In permaculture design, this is embodied in the…
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Apple scrap vinegar: you can drink it straight, use it as a household cleaner, drizzle it over your favourite salad and rinse your hair in it. Let’s talk about how seriously good this stuff is, as well as being crazy easy to make. While not being new to the wonderful world of fermenting, apple scrap vinegar…
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In less than a months time we’re hosting a Permaculture Teacher Training course with Hannah Moloney, Rosemary Morrow, Nick Ritar + Brendan Morse. It’s not just for teaching Permaculture, though. It’s for top shelf communication skills, of all kinds, for all situations. Effective communication, as we all know, is key to passing on skills of all kinds. The…
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If you listen to just one podcast on permaculture, regenerative agriculture + Australia this year, let it be this one. Last week, Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark Emu, joined David Holmgren at the Dayelsford Town Hall in Victoria for an evening of discussion. The topic was Australian regenerative agriculture, and it’s long pre-white history. Something…
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We have some exciting news to share, both for us and for you. From mid-Winter this year, Nick, Kirsten + Ashar will be de-camping to Melliodora in Victoria, an amazing permaculture homestead and the home of Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren + his powerhouse partner, Su Dennett. We’ve been invited to do a 12 month residency at…
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This small project is a study in macrocosms and microcosms – the large world and the small, the now and the forever. And all on your kitchen bench. Not bad for a grub in a jam jar. I’ve always wanted to raise a butterfly from a caterpillar, but i thought it might be technical or tricky…
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‘Can I have two big packets of grass seed, please – I’ve got a lawn to grow’ are words I never thought I’d say. But here we are, de-gardening, trying to leave no trace of our home-grown food bowl. Such is the nature of permaculture renting. We’re out of this place in a month. I…
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Compost. It brings health and diversity to your soil, holds moisture in at a greater rate, diverts needless landfill and is something I’m finding, you can get quite geeky about. If someone had told me fifteen years ago that I would be enjoying shovelling compost as much as I do now…well, I suspect I would…
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The Fair Food edition of PiP Magazine is out, and it’s a corker. Do you subscribe? We do. There’s articles by Bruce Pascoe, the author of Dark Emu, on Australian indigenous agriculture. There’s a biointensive vege bed prep how-to by us (yay!). There’s an article on sharing the harvest and creating community from a rented…
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If you’re looking to grow some good quality storage crops for winter soups and stews, beans are a great choice. But which ones, and why? We talked to Jodi Roebuck about his top 3 beans to grow in a biointensive system. Jodi is a biointensive homesteader + grazier near Taranaki in New Zealand, and he knows his beans. His…
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What do you do when you’re short on time and the many boxes of home grown nectarines you’ve been gifted are all about to go mushy? DIY fruit leather roll ups to the rescue, that’s what. We made these with nectarines that came (in quantity) from Nick’s parents trees (thanks Mum) but you could use…
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