A Clean Slate. The old farm shed that has housed so many projects over the years has been being transformed over the last months to become our new farm venue. The combination of old shed, clever design (by Paul) , beautiful craftsmanship (by Alex), bush poles from the plantation and recycled materials is coming together … Read more
Robin Clayfield “Dynamic Groups Course” August 30th – Sept 4th 2012 ‘DYNAMIC GROUPS, DYNAMIC LEARNING’ – 6 day Creative Facilitation and Teacher Training Intensive. 30th Aug. to 4th Sept (with an option of doing the first 4 days only) at Fair Harvest, Margaret River. Presented by international facilitator and workshop leader, Robin Clayfield from Queensland. The … Read more
The Trout Have Arrived. For every one waiting for an Aquaponics update you can see by the pic that the greens (in the foreground) we planted are starting to look quite lush ready to eat, so far we have just had marron and goldfish in the system as we had to wait for the … Read more
National Permaculture Day 2012. May 6th 3pm This year National Permaculture Day falls on the final day of our Permaculture Design Certificate, so we will be celebrating a whole new group of inspired designers going out to do their bit for the planet. “Permaculture Day is an opportunity to shine a light on the diversity … Read more
Greens in the garden and the paddocks. What a beautiful time in the garden when the pumpkins are ripening, the first broccoli are ready to pick and the greens are starting to grow lush. After that long dry summer it feels as though the earth is able to breath again and green shoots are starting … Read more
Seed Savers and Plant Swappers Gather in the Barn. Next Meeting Saturday July 28th 9 am – 11am, gold coin donation. All welcome, bring along seeds, cuttings, seedlings and plant material or don’t bring anything at all (you’ll be sure to go home with something). It’s also a great chance to swap ideas and information … Read more
24 pallets of 2nd hand bricks. Sometimes the joys of recycling can be overwhelming, especially when 24 pallets of 2nd hand bricks arrive that need to be cleaned. Luckily we have a great crew here and everyone just picked up their favorite scraping tool and got into it (for 4 days!). The paving does look … Read more
Clothes Swap Party Permaculture comes in all different shapes and sizes and when the idea of a clothes swap came up we knew it fitted with what we do……………it was reusing and recycling, it was creating community and it was having fun. International Women’s Day, full moon and a big barn to fill up with … Read more
Autumn in the Garden While the last of the summer fruit is ripening it’s time to start planting for the cooler and wetter months ahead………..this is the time we really love, when we don’t have to be worrying about water and the plants are growing in a less stressful environment. Giving the winter greens and … Read more
Seed Savers Margaret River Thanks to Troy and all that attended the seed savers workshop over the weekend we now have a Margaret River Seed Savers Group. Everyone got super enthusiastic when the seeds and plant material came out and busily got to work winnowing seeds and squishing fruit. The barn was a hive of … Read more