2018-12-14 11:39
How do you get started in growing your own delicious and healthy organic food? I recently met up with Atune health center to answer this question... Part 1 below, linkWatch the film Read More
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Bellbirds & Pea Shoots: an eco-living blog about organic fruit & vegetable gardening, keeping chickens and cooking.
2016-07-08 07:18
The golden gates of New Gokula Farm rise above the rolling green hills at the end of a quiet meandering track through the Hunter Valley. Nestled at the foothills of Pokolbin State forest in… Read More
2016-03-04 05:53
The brick facade peeping out from native shrubbery of Gerda Maeder's home in a quiet Cardiff suburban street gives nothing away. Stepping out the back under a magnificent 20 year old 'roof'… Read More
2015-07-08 00:44
Tucked away in the bush on the Nelson Bay plains is Bob's Farm Berries. They specialise in growing southern highbush and rabbiteye varieties of blueberries, that thrive in the local acid… Read More
2015-05-04 06:03
Three years ago we scratched up a plan for a permaculture garden that would provide a family of 2 - 4 an abundance of food, medicine, & craft supplies, plus room for the horse. Last mont… Read More
2015-03-09 04:32
In 2014 I visited the curious backyard of Kelly Lees in Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW with the Hunter Organic Grower's Society... Kelly Lees in her inner city Newcastle backyard with 9 or so… Read More
2013-09-11 09:27
Painting fluffy white ducks is such fun. My four white miniature ducks offer such inspiration as they follow me around the garden trying to dig in every hole I dig. Available to purchas… Read More
2013-08-22 08:43
It started in a tiny terracotta pot on a balcony that baked in summer. I planted some lettuce seeds. They grew to about 10cm high. And then they fried. Crispy lettuce anyone? My gardening sk… Read More
2013-07-19 02:14
Those boys can get feisty when they favour a good looking chick. Our girls are a mixed lot, they hail from Belgium, Japan and South America. It just so happens that our rooster Reggie isn't… Read More
2013-06-27 07:53
Fill a cow horn with manure from a lactating cow, bury it in the ground for six months, add a small amount to a bucket of warm water and stir for one hour alternately clockwise and anti-cloc… Read More
2013-06-18 06:47
Today it takes up to 10 calories of oil to produce one calorie of food. Joel Salatin from the US, heralded as the worlds most successful farmer, was in Sydney recently where he gave an illum… Read More
2013-06-18 06:40
Today it takes up to 10 calories of oil to produce one calorie of food. Joel Salatin from the US, heralded as the worlds most successful farmer, was in Sydney recently where he gave an illum… Read More
2013-06-06 08:26
Ripples on the surface of the water, rustling in the reeds, the cry of a bird or the way the trees sway ever so slightly in the breeze. Slow travel lets us notice the little things in our en… Read More
2013-05-29 08:18
Stepping outside of our familiar space and going somewhere new, or somewhere we haven't been for a while can be a great way to spark new ideas and gain new perspectives. Last week I took an… Read More
2013-05-29 08:18
Stepping outside of our familiar space and going somewhere new, or somewhere we haven't been for a while can be a great way to spark new ideas and gain new perspectives. Last week I took an… Read More
2013-05-23 08:00
A sprawling site on a natural watercourse on the outskirts of Cessnock is the home of Cessnock Shed and Community Garden. I joined a tour of the garden with the Hunter Organic Growers Societ… Read More
2013-05-16 08:32
Swales, comfrey, and food forests have become synonymous with Permaculture. In Stroud, a quaint little town of wooden cottages in the Hunter Valley, I visited a flourishing small farm that i… Read More
2013-05-13 08:20
Asian white, purple, pink and the familiar orange are the colours of sweet potatoes. When I hoard my rainbow of vegetables some of them get impatient waiting to be dinner and start to gro… Read More
2013-05-10 06:32
Lake DiveThe lake on the verge of evening, still and brooding as darkness falls. Splash.... the water breaks. The meditation ripples away with the water.Love this photo? Put it on your wall… Read More
2013-05-09 05:41
Sifting through a pile of picket fences, a portable dunny and fluffy cushions I met a kid with the same passion for reuse as me. Council pick up time, when everyone puts out their debris on… Read More
2013-05-06 09:00
My studio is a small room at the back of our house, crammed with bits and pieces that inspire me. Textures, a colour or a triggered memory will draw me to something. I make little assemblage… Read More
2013-05-01 07:06
This bread is so scrummy that even if you are a gluten carnivore you'll be sure to enjoy this one. With the help of a little secret ingredient, it is moist and works great with some simple t… Read More
2013-04-30 06:59
Making Egyptian mummies, Hebrew love making and girding the loins before battle in Ancient Greece are just some of the historical uses of garlic. I prefer to keep mine for use in the kitchen… Read More
2013-04-26 06:36
In our back paddock are 2 beautiful eucalyptus that a family of kookaburras like to hang out in. Sometimes we see them dive to the earth, catching a bug, lizard or frog for dinner. I count… Read More
2013-04-26 02:08
Previous posts in this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4Our roof has a new accessory. 10 gleaming solar panels adorn the west s… Read More
2013-04-24 07:57
Previous posts in this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3If economics didn't have… Read More
2013-04-03 06:46
Our beans plants have been so abundant over late summer that many dried on the vine before we could eat them. The other day I picked handfuls of the papery pods and threw them on top of an o… Read More
2013-03-22 05:39
Our pumpkin harvest is rolling in and we are stacking them up to store for our winter fodder. These vegetables come in a beautiful array of forms, sizes and colours, so much so that I was… Read More
2013-03-21 06:14
Our pumpkin harvest is rolling in and we are stacking them up to store for our winter fodder. These vegetables come in a beautiful array of forms, sizes and colours, so much so that I was… Read More
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