Pickling Mushrooms, Two Ways: a Lacto-Ferment + a Salted Recipe
Pickled mushrooms are so delish – garlicky, tangy and a bit sour! Here’s two easy recipes to make them at home, using a basic lacto-fermentation method.
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Repair + Renewal With Heart – Making Fine Furniture From Foraged Urban Materials
Last year, Peter Owen unintentionally set himself a challenge: could he furnish his home using discarded flotsam found within his local urban ‘forest’ – the streets and laneways of Sydney? The idea to repair furniture and household items dumped in the streets came as Peter and his wife Claire studied Permaculture Living. The furniture-maker and…
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7 Climate-Positive Ways To Get Started With Permaculture Living
So – you’ve heard of permaculture, but aren’t quite sure what it all means or where to begin? We’ll get you started, with this free guide that outlines seven excellent but super-simple ways to start practising permaculture at your place – wherever in the world you live, and whether you have a backyard veggie patch,…
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The Pros & Cons of Having an Indoor Fireplace
Over the years, we’ve lived in a few off-grid houses in cold climates. And in these houses, we relied on wood energy to warm our house, cook our food AND heat our hot water – on many a cold and rainy day. Each time, our woodstove was at the core of our kitchen. I loved…
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Milkwood Book Club – Recommendations for Climate-Positive Reads
Welcome to the Milkwood Book Club – the cosiest place on the internet. A sunny spot to curl up in with a really great book and learn a heap of new climate-positive skills while you’re at it. Find a list of books we love below – we add to it regularly. It’s a collection of…
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Growing Mushrooms on Logs – Video
Growing mushrooms on logs increases your household resilience and adds flavour and nutrition to your diet. Learn the steps to grow shiitake on logs.
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How To Join A Crop Swap: Tips From Laurie Green
Joining a Crop Swap connects you with a network of gardeners who regularly exchange homegrown fruit and vegetables for free. Here’s how to get started.
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How to Compost At Home: A Beginner’s Guide
Learning how to compost is a game-changer – turning food waste into a superfood for your soil & plants. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Growing Mushrooms Without Plastic Bags + Other Ethical Home Cultivation Practices
So, thinking about growing your own mushrooms? Great! There are many ways to grow delicious mushrooms at home – AND, despite what you might have heard, you can do it all without single-use plastic! Why is this important? Well first, there’s the waste of single-use plastic, which is industry-standard for commercial mushroom growing – and…
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Permaculture Chef: Meet Simon Toohey
Celebrity chef Simon Toohey is delving into permaculture, bringing the movement’s ethics and principles in from the garden to kitchens and restaurants.
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How To: Grow Edible Mushrooms In Your Home Garden
Learning how to grow mushrooms in your home garden increases your household’s resilience, enhances your garden’s soil – and makes your tummy very happy.
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Herbal Tea Posy – Community Care in a Jar
We’ve been making herbal tea posies from our garden, to leave on sick or isolating friends’ doorsteps… community care in a jar. Here’s what goes in.
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15 Fun & Simple Holiday Projects for the Garden, Kitchen & Beyond
Holiday time is almost here – here are 15 low-stress, feel-good projects to tinker on during the holidays – in your kitchen, garden, and out and about.
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