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I LOVE renovating, fixing up and taking an ugly duckling space and turning it into something really special. Hubby and I have spent the past…
I LOVE renovating, fixing up and taking an ugly duckling space and turning it into something really special. Hubby and I have spent the past…
I have spent the last 13 years working in community development in Outback Australia and there is one thing I have noticed…things aren’t getting better,…
28th February 8am – 11am FREE for Members $20 for non-members BOOK NOW Become a Member and then REGISTER for the event
THE Hungry Spirit is now happily serving organic fair trade coffee made on organic milk and served in unique and gorgeous cups we have collected…
I enjoy experimenting with food, it’s true = but I have to admit to being a bit dubious…and quite scared of starting to culture things.…
We had a gorgeous hour and a half in THE Hungry Spirit garden with 7 children aged 2-9 on 24th September for our Kids In…
Permaculture Practical Design Course – In A Semi-Arid Environment 15th – 19th September 2016 A series of 1 day workshops held over a 5 day course that…
We LOVE it when it rains; the sound, the smell and what it does for our garden! We are coming off the back of a…
When we are focusing on our own backyards it is easy to forget that there is a zone 4 (permaculture concept) out there that is full of…
As part of THE Hungry Spirit Masterplan we will be creating a Food Forrest on site, to show how we can create a productive, edible…
We celebrated an incredibly delicious winters weekend after rain in Lightning Ridge (dam was FULL) at the Grow Your Life – Introduction to Permaculture. With…
We aren’t Africa, in western NSW, that’s obvious, but many of the challenges we face could be argued to be similar. Hunger is not from…
With the conversation in western NSW constantly turning to drought, The Hungry Spirit Centre for Semi-Arid Sustainability at Lightning Ridge is attempting a new strategy…
The first ever Hungry Spirit workshop was hosted on Saturday 21st February and 16 enthusiastic participants rolled up their sleeves, donned their gloves and big…
My husband and I are LOVING our little jaunt up the west coast of Australia sampling the fine produce on offer, but I have to…
Did you know that one of the popular varieties of asparagus are called Fat Bastards? Funny I know, but when you see them grow, you…
Local Food at it’s best! Each week we buy amazing, local, organically grown produce from the community garden. The proceeds of their sale goes towards…
If you would like to join Nick and Rebel for an Introduction to Permaculture in Lightning Ridge on 27/28 June – click HERE
We had a lot of fun filming with Tony Eastley and the Landline crew for this piece. I am always so grateful for the media…
We grow lots of food in the outback of Australia – we eat mostly from our own garden, supplemented by meat from local farmers or…
Allan Savoury is a really smart guy – clearly, he is doing a TED talk! I remember seeing a variation of this presentation at the…
I came across this video on Greening The Desert in my research on permaculture and semi-arid environments and it got me even more fired up…
Ashley and Ronnie Steed are a couple of pioneers when it comes to food production in a semi-arid environment. They have spent the best part…
This morning I sat with an ABC journalist – Sally Bryant, in my backyard and we talked about The Hungry Spirit Centre for Semi-Arid Sustainability.…
I have spent the better part of the past 2 weeks on the phone speaking with INCREDIBLE people in the Northern Territory, preparing for our…
I was picking spinach from my garden the other day and it reminded me of my Pa, Roderick Black. Weird maybe, but it did and…
Feed Your Hungry Spirit As The Owner Of A Food Business In THE Outback! The Hungry Spirit – Centre for Semi-Arid Syntropy Are you a…
In 2011 I started an online business called I’m Not Fussy and Lee Holmes was one of our founding contributors, she’d been on an incredible healing…
We are really excited to be bringing FRESH Organic Regional and Local Produce to Lightning Ridge and surrounding towns. And we are thrilled with the…
June 27th & 28th – Grow Your Life, Introduction to Permaculture & Permaculture Planning/Design (2 days) with Nick Huggins FOOD bring us all together; it is a common need and…
So here is a pattern that I am seeing all too frequently and I don’t like it… There is this crazy and entirely unsustainable mantra…
We have created a way for you to feel rich when you shop, buy what you want, when you want it – get healthy and…
14th March 6pm Meeting Place of THE Hungry Spirit – 12 Opal Street Lightning Ridge $20 for non-members BOOK NOW OR FREE for Members – Become…
Our paper closed at the end of last year. It’s a tale of full circle small business to corporate buy out back to economic rationalism..hopefully…
It’s getting to be that time of year when we want to be planning and preparing our gardens for the spring….in Lightning Ridge we have…
Saturday 23rd April 12noon Meeting Place of THE Hungry Spirit – 12 Opal Street Lightning Ridge $10 for non-members BOOK NOW (cash at the door) OR FREE…
Saturday 19th March 11am Meeting Place of THE Hungry Spirit – 12 Opal Street Lightning Ridge $20 for non-members BOOK NOW OR FREE for Members – Become…
I am in love with my veggie patch at the moment and the funny thing is that it is the messiest, most unruly and least organised…
We had a wonderful day at the Bush Dyes and Print Making Workshop hosted by Goodooga born artist Warren Mason. Warren showed us how to…
In October we changed our Casual Jam Session to an Open Mic and were thrilled with the roll up! We enjoyed some beautiful acoustic guitar covers, original…
We love to share our produce at THE Hungry Spirit…and this guy doesn’t seem to mind that either!
Since we’ve been evolving THE Hungry Spirit space one of the very strong messages I’ve been receiving is that this is a healing space…and we…
We are always looking for ways to improve the flow at THE Hungry Spirit garden and we enjoy creating new spaces! Our latest gardens will…
It’s been such a treat working with Tenneccee, Chiffona and Camryn; three awesome students at LRCS who were keen for after school and weekend work…