Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a model of food production that connects food producers directly to their customers. The principle is that growers supply directly to their members through a subscription model. The member makes a commitment for a period of time, generally buying 'shares' in a...
We are now pleased to offer Free range eggs as an addition to our veggie boxes and bags. Our group of mixed breed chickens roam the farm by day and lay their eggs in the henhouse giving them freedom, fresh air, plenty of grass and bugs...
Over the past six years we have been planting green manure crops in our main paddock to regenerate what had previously been used as a trotting track. This year we thought we'd use some of the space to try a few different things. We planted...
We have just added several new recipes to our recipe archive. The latest recipes feature seasonal summer vegetables including beans, beetroot, potatoes and carrots. Latest Recipes: New Potato Salad Tartare Beetroot and Walnut Hummus Roasted Beetroot Soup with Horseradish Cream Carrot Salad with Beetroot and Sesame Summer Salad with Beetroot, Goat’s...
I hadn’t eaten broad beans much before we started growing them but Nick’s mum grew them when he was a child so when we started growing our own vegetables, he insisted that we try to grow some. We’ve grown them for several years now with mixed...
Over the last 3 or 4 years I reckon I’ve got through at least 5 large digging forks, probably a similar number of shovels and spades and I’ve lost count of how many hose spray heads have disintegrated and given me a soaking rather than...
It’s hard these days to turn the television on without encountering the views of the latest expert in diet and medicine. I must admit I’m a bit over so called experts. E.g. we had a lot of misleading or just incorrect advice about the evils of...
After watching the recent ABC series, War on Waste, I decided that I should address a couple of issues. The first being packaging! Although we try to use as little packaging as possible, we have been using soft plastic bags for salad leaves. We have been looking...
We first heard about spaghetti squash a couple of years ago when our daughter was given one and raved about it. So we bought some seed and grew some. We had to consult chef Google about cooking it and now it's a favourite of ours. To cook it,...