Small Spaces – Gorgeous Places!
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…
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Socially (ir)Responsible Enterprise
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,…
No-Dig Garden & What To Plant Now
28th February 8am – 11am FREE for Members $20 for non-members BOOK NOW Become a Member and then REGISTER for the event
Organic Coffee & Tea
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…
Good For Your Gut Fizzy Drink
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.…
Kids In THE Garden
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…
5 Day Permaculture Practical Design Course
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…
The Movement Of Water In a Semi-Arid Landscape & The Blessing Of Rain!
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…
Don’t Forget Zone 4
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…
Food Forrest Gardening
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…
Grow Your Life – Permaculture Short Course!
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; Or Are We?
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…
Re-Inspiring Drought Stricken Farmers with Permaculture Scholarships
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…
Inspired Veggie Gardeners
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…
Local FOOD!
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…
Fat bastards for breakfast
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…
Community Garden Needs Your Help!
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…
An Interview With Nick Huggins – Permaculture Expert
If you would like to join Nick and Rebel for an Introduction to Permaculture in Lightning Ridge on 27/28 June – click HERE
A Little Oasis In The Outback – Landline Story
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…
How Do We Do It?
We grow lots of food in the outback of Australia – we eat mostly from our own garden, supplemented by meat from local farmers or…
How To Green The World’s Deserts
Allan Savoury is a really smart guy – clearly, he is doing a TED talk! I remember seeing a variation of this presentation at the…
Greening The Desert (Food) And How It Relates To Western NSW
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…
Fish & Food Even In One Of The Driest Climates In Australia
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…
The Trees For The Forrest
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.…
Challenge = people?
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…
Spinach and Leadership
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…
Is THE Hungry Spirit YOUR Next Adventure?
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…
When Lee Holmes Came To Visit THE Hungry Spirit
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…
Fresh Organic Produce in Lightning Ridge
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…
Grow Your Life – An Introduction To Permaculture
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…
Giving Back Doesn’t Mean Going Broke
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…
Feel Rich When You Shop!
We have created a way for you to feel rich when you shop, buy what you want, when you want it – get healthy and…
Demystifying Diets
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…
We Are Opening a Pop Up SHOP in Lightning Ridge!
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…
What To Plant NOW?
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…
Raw Chocolate Class
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…
Raw Chocolate Class
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…
Greenies In The Garden: The Resilience Green!
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…
Bush Dyes & Print Making Workshop @ THE Hungry
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…
First Open Mic Night @ THE Hungry Spirit!
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…
Resident Roo at THE Hungry Spirit
We love to share our produce at THE Hungry Spirit…and this guy doesn’t seem to mind that either!
Healing @ THE Hungry Spirit
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…
New Gardens Bloom
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…
This Is The Maze The Girls Built!
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…