Spice It Up! How to Harvest Homegrown Mustard Spice
Mustard seed is a surprisingly easy spice to grow at home. In this film I show you how…
Homeschooling in a Permaculture Village
We are currently homeschooling our children and absolutely loving it – the whole family is. I have written…
Yarrow: Weed or Medicine For The Soil and Our Bodies?
Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, is an amazingly useful plant in the garden and in the home, although it’s commonly considered a…
Simply Make Your Own Homegrown Mustard
Making homegrown seedy mustard is incredibly easy and satisfying. It tastes absolutely amazing, too. Each batch is different…
A Dozen Reasons to Love Chickweed – Free Superfood from Wild Greens
I often find little patches of Chickweed (Stellaria media – little star in the mist) cheekily tucking itself in…
Halloween Pumpkins – What To Do The Day After?
It’s Halloween and everywhere you look you see pumpkins and pumpkin images. Globally millions and millions of pumpkins…
Simple Box Solar Cooker: Cooking With The Sun
I love my compact little box solar cooker. It is simple to set up, use and store, and…
New Potato Abundance: A Sackful From a Handful in Just 10 Weeks
From just four plants we harvested 5 kg of new Kipfler potatoes today after 10 weeks of growing.…
Permaculture in the City – Positively Buzzing!
I spent my weekend at Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane – the bustling and thriving hub of…
DIY Reedbed for Treating Our Household Grey Water for Under $500
Australia is a very dry country, and globally water access and pollution is of growing concern. How we…