New Online Course: Profitable Urban Farming
Learning how to establish a profitable urban farm takes a LOT of planning and thinking – it’s certainly not just about land access and good seedlings. So we’re very happy that Curtis Stone, author of...
View ArticleLearning Your Local Waterways
This little challenge is subtle but powerful – how much do you know about the water that flows by where you live? How much do you know about where it comes from, and where it flows to? Once, our...
View ArticleFarm It Forward: connecting young farmers with donated land to grow organic food
Up in the Blue Mountains, about an hour west of Sydney (Australia), a group of young farmers are growing truckloads of rich organic produce – all on donated land. They’re growing in backyards, over...
View ArticleHow to: Honesty Stalls + Free Food Stands – Building Community, Sharing Produce
Sharing veggies with neighbours via an honesty stall plonked out the front of your place is an amazing way to build community connection and local resilience – and it’s really fun, too. The basic...
View ArticleVideo: The Beginner’s Guide to Worm Farms
Starting or renovating a worm farm is a great way to use and value your own renewable resources, in the form of food waste. By the time you’re done, you will be turning your food scraps into worm...
View ArticleFood is Free: Growing Food and Community in the City of Ballarat
Imagine a colourfully painted urban laneway brimming with veggie plots and produce tables – where anyone can swing past to give or take whatever they wish, completely free of charge. This is the...
View ArticleGetting Started with Green Manures: How to Grow & Use for Your Best-Ever Soil...
The power of green! Whether you have a small veggie patch or an expansive forest garden, adding green manures is a great way to replenish or build soils with minimal input. Thanks to nature and...
View ArticleHow To Prune Fruit Trees: in Winter and in Summer, too
Whether you’re heading into winter or summer in your part of the world, now could well be the perfect time to consider fruit tree pruning at your place. Pruning at just the right moment can help...
View ArticleWhat is permaculture? – notes from the Permaculture Living course
Here’s an ace new resource to help wrap your head around the principles of permaculture – 12 illustrated designs created by Mirranda Burton, an artist who took part in our online Permaculture Living...
View ArticleGrowing Mushrooms: Getting Started with No-Waste Buckets, Logs & Gardens
Always wanted to try growing mushrooms at your place – delicious and medicinal varieties – using sustainable, low-waste techniques? Downloadable this free ‘getting started’ guide first! If you’ve...
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