RECONNECTING TO THE ROOTS OF OUR FOOD THROUGH ECOLOGICAL, TASTY AND WONDER FILLED WAYS

Little dancing queen.

First time growing blue heritage popping corn & what a trip ! A solid 4-5 months, peak summer, fed well with a good drink to grow big.

Keep the cockatoos off it, wait for corn to die back, harvest cobs, dry them, peel husk

We most certainly need to be having conversations around the future of our food. We need to be actively involved in creating more resilient systems. It’s about building skills, sharing knowledge, looking out for each other & practicing a he

It’s been a bit of a wild ride for many here in Wollongong of late.

With everything changing as rapidly and chaotically as it does, it’s really time to take stock and@pit energy into the future we’d like to be part of.

@young.farm

Enjoy these golden days - I’m going to ground for a couple weeks, let the learning of summer percolate through & build on those foundations.

Thanks to all the small growers who’ve been in touch as I build a bank of experiences around

Last night I dreamt of Tuscan kale ……no word of a lie

Maybe it’s reflecting on 9 years of urban market gardening - a place where there are very few conversations with other growers locally, because they rarely exist. Oh yeah &amp

In a world with a lot of craziness on so many levels, it’s so reassuring to observe creatures collaborating.

Functional beauty, meeting a need, created through community reliance. Nothing excessive. Yet gorgeous.

#beelikethebees #observe #bee

What are your thoughts around small scale urban agriculture?

Do you think food grown closer to eaters should feature at the table? Bring about an element of local resilience? Growing food in our towns is a complex issue, but one I think needs more e

So today’s autumn CSA WK3, went a little rogue.

I had a game plan for harvest, but the garden decided otherwise. To be honest, I almost postponed today’s harvest for a week because I wasn’t sure about quantities.

We managed to get

A little reminder of how far you’ve come can sometimes be super valuable.

The humidity has seeped into my being with a crisis of confidence striking yesterday. So I phoned & messaged around other growers to find out how the small scale gan

“the quality of produce is incomparably better than supermarket food. The freshness has inspired us to be more creative and use everything we can.”

— CSA subscriber

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