Recently we had 24 folks come to Milkwood Farm to learn the basics of market gardening under the stewardship of Michael Hewins, Milkwood’s resident market gardener. It was a great weekend of learning and digging and doing. Michael’s been a market gardener for some years up north, and it’s been great to have him arrive…
DetailsYes, you heard that right. Croissants made on sourdough starter (ie no yeast), using white spelt flour. It’s possible! And what is more, they’re ridiculously delish. Rose made these at Milkwood Farm during a quiet week recently, and they were all things that croissants should be, but better. Especially with plum jam… home-made heaven.
DetailsA quick shout-out that we’ve extended the earlybird price deadline for this darn fine course until Sunday night: Permaculture Design Certificate: 11-24 Nov 2012, Milkwood Farm Milkwood PDC’s frequently produce motivated folks ready to take on and transform their communities. We place huge emphasis on ensuring excellent student outcomes and we see permaculture design skills…
DetailsEdible, native and delicious. Will’s been growing these beauties in his home mushroom cultivation setup on blocks of grain spawn. Like many other mushrooms, once you know how, these beautiful fungi can be cloned and propagated at home (if you have a reliable source). After which point you can re-produce them indefinitely.
DetailsSo most of our spring seedlings are now out of their soil blocks and getting planted into the ground. But being Mudgee, there’s still plenty of frosts, which doesn’t sit well with spring veggies – time for spring row covers! Row covers are pretty invaluable in a small setup like ours – we dont have…
DetailsLast week Milkwood Permaculture was the proud winner of the 2012 Green Lifestyles Awards in the Garden Company category. We won it for being “a company whose products are consistently amazing, who are the pinnacle of sustainability behind the scenes, & who are working to green our food culture”. Wow. And I even got to…
DetailsJust a few photos from the recent and awesome Market Garden Masterclass at Allsun Farm down in Gundaroo. It was so exciting to have 25 future market gardeners in the one space, all with so many skills and ambitions! Joyce, Mike and the whole Allsun Farm crew packed us full of knowledge over three days…
DetailsHere’s a great little DIY vertical aquaponics design that Floyd has recently installed outside a studio in Darwin. It’s a simple system, designed to transform a simple patio into a space of low-maintenance beauty that includes the sound of running water, the cooling effect of a pond, and bountiful herbs!
DetailsSpring is swarming season! At this time of year, honeybee colonies that have either outgrown their available hive space or have deemed their hive unsuitable for whatever reason start taking off in search of a new home. For natural beekeepers, it’s a great time to catch yourself a new colony. Our friend Steve was ready…
DetailsAt the risk of creating a series of seedy posts, just thought I better mention the other Seed Freedom event we’re running: The Seed Savers in conversation with Costa, in Redfern on the evening of the 12th Oct. I only put it up last night but it’s already 4/5 full. It’s heartening to know that…
DetailsOn Saturday the 13 October we’ll be running a special workshop in Sydney with Jude and Michel Fanton from The Seedsavers, as part of the Seed Freedom fortnight of action, which is happening worldwide from October 2-16. This day will be a seed saving 101 meets intensive day of discussion about the global state of…
DetailsAn ecoPOP is a small and self-contained city oasis, boasting a simple, self-contained system of self-watering fruit trees, herbs, water collection and a worm farm. Intended to be installed in places like a median strip in a suburban street, they’re designed to incrementally offset the ‘heat island’ effect of urban streets, slow traffic, and create…
DetailsCold frames are a great way to get the jump on the growing season with your seedlings, without a big outlay of cash. Recently we built a bunch out of re-purposed glass doors and hardwood frames, and they’re working a treat. Since our last frost is in November, September is still full of icy mornings,…
DetailsThe Milkwood newsletter is an occasional publication that’s a treasure trove of writings, free DIY guides, gardening tips, permaculture hacks, special newsletter-only posts and giveaways, and lots, lots more…