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And just like that, it was Autumn ………
….. and just to confirm it, SWEDE and PARSNIP are here from Tassie
And just like that, it was Autumn ………
….. and just to confirm it, SWEDE and PARSNIP are here from Tassie

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  • Feed the Town Organic Dahl
    August 9, 2011

    Feed the Town Organic Dahl

    I love working in the shop. I love all the different people that come in, and all that their differences teach me. All their various wisdoms. There are the people who have found a whole philosophy to eat by in...

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  • Ready for Spring yet?
    August 2, 2011

    Ready for Spring yet?

    It’s getting to that point in the season where even a biting frost & the chilliest morning brings only joy as long as there’s an arch of blue sky overhead & the prospect of a sunny day… Ready for spring...

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  • Wwoofing: What is it and why is it great?
    July 26, 2011

    Wwoofing: What is it and why is it great?

    Wwoofing, at first, sounds a bit like the noise a dog makes. The practice, which is an acronym for “worldwide workers on organic farms” or “willing workers on organic farms,” is actually a global, cooperative system that connects organic, permacultural...

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  • July 19, 2011

    More irony for you……

    When it is handed out so blithely what can we do but share….. ‘Ah McCain, they’ve done it again’ The company is funding a competition for schools in Australia and New Zealand to promote the idea of where food comes...

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  • July 17, 2011

    Strange Little Moments

    Such strange little moments there are in our lives sometimes. Stranger still the  reflections we see in the people we meet. A man came by my way the other day; a man I had known briefly once upon a time....

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  • Garden Wisdom
    July 12, 2011

    Garden Wisdom

    I am always chatting to the garden when I’m there …. Where should I plant this? How far apart? What does the soil need here? Just simple questions and conversations generally and I listen for the answers. It may sound...

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  • Eating Vegetables
    July 10, 2011

    Eating Vegetables

    Only things with a brain and central nervous system are capable of feeling I have been told recently by someone with whom I was discussing choices in how we eat. Now I don’t cook animals and nor have I for...

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  • The Garden in Winter
    June 21, 2011

    The Garden in Winter

    I must say that despite the cold, I love the winter, not as much as Autumn and Spring mind, but a heavy frost at sunrise is awe inspiring isn’t it? Especially when you encased in thermals and a puffer vest!...

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  • Raising Chicks
    June 21, 2011

    Raising Chicks

    June 21, 2011 by Graham Having chickens for livestock is a great way to get eggs, meat and, as we explored last time, when discussing a chicken tractor, their other outputs, like their nitrogen-rich manure can make great fertilizer. Getting...

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