Growing and harvesting healthy fruit & vegetables

food forest - gardening the permaculture way

A food forest includes a diverse range of trees, shrubs, vegetables and vines to grow healthy, organic food in a multi dimensional, functional and interdependent biological system.
Arranging plants in natural, beneficial relationships creates a resilient, highly productive and attractive landscape.

Food forest gardens

Cider vinegar recipe

Easy to make and very useful product for other recipes.
Basically just fermented apple juice.

apple recipe

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Recipe

Elderflower 'champagne'

This sparkling and refreshing (mildly alcoholic) drink is made from the fermentation of flowers from the elder tree using a process similar to that of ginger beer.
The flowers give the drink a light, sweet airy flavor

November 10, 2009

brewing bottling alcohol drink elderflower spring recipe

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What's involved

Eating Meat

We decided to cook our young rooster since he was eating plenty and not making any eggs.
He was about 6 months old, one of our first set of baby chickens.
Follow my easy steps for killing, plucking, gutting and cooking.

April 06, 2010

Chooks meat butchering

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Instructions

Fire roasted duck leg with seasonal vegetables

A simple, one pot meal with plenty of taste.

June 01, 2013

duck recipe

Recipe

Natural gardening

Working with nature to produce an edible forest garden. Mixed polyculture plantings including insect attractants, pest confusers, nutrient accumulators, green manure crops and companion plants for a healthy, disease resistant and abundant garden. We also collect and grow our own seed to produce locally adapted vegetables that look and taste great.

Food forest gardens

Omelette

A quick easy snack or small meal.

Recipe

Potato Based Pizza

A gluten free alternative to pizza dough.

http://www.glutenhatesme.com/2009/08/wh...

April 19, 2011

Potato Gluten Free Pizza Food Cooking

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Thyme - The (extra) healthy herb

We just discovered that the humble thyme plant is more than an aromatic garnish for certain dishes, it's full of health giving properties.

Herbs Thyme Health

10 Health Benefits of Thyme

Vegetable Dinner

Fresh vegetables from the garden are quickly and easily converted to a tasty meal.
Part 1 - Mashed potato, beetroot, onion and basil
Part 2 - Steamed beetroot and silverbeet leaves and beans
Part 3 - Salad of carrot, peas, radish, pepper and feta

February 23, 2010

Vegetable Food Cooking

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