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 realise why…they really are fat! Anyway, the point is, that I spent some time in the garden last week and one of my jobs was to prune the asparagus…which I…
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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 in their support in sharing good news stories AND to those who I bring along and challenge to step outside their comfort zone to share THEIR good news stories. Ashley…
We grow lots of food in the outback of Australia – we eat mostly from our own garden, supplemented by meat from local farmers or from suppliers we have found and mindfully purchased consumables – organic if we can, but not always. We don’t spend thousands of dollars. We consume consciously even though we live in…
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 about sharing the knowledge, skills, principles of permaculture in semi arid western nsw. ‘All the world’s problems can be solved in a garden’ Geoff Lawton is a pretty powerful statement…
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 it did because he used to grow it for our family and we had it at just about every meal. We ate Pa’s love almost daily in our house. What…
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 journey through food and that year, launched her first book, Supercharged Food. Since then her career has really taken off; she’s a regular contributor to several global food publications, she’s written…
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 great response we are getting! Each week we get a new delivery of vegetables and fruits from south east Queensland and we also supply Local Free Range Eggs and Local Herbs and Leafy…
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 it can be incredibly delicious and also stressful! If you want to get back in touch with your inner hunter/gatherer, learn the skills to create your own food heaven, re-connect…
