International Permaculture Day 2014 will be celebrated around the world with open gardens, seed swap events, tours and talks. “National Permaculture Day is a chance to share thoughts, visions and lots of common sense ways that we can all make a positive difference to the world we live in.Its all about combining age old … Read more
Our Monthly Swap Shuffle Share is my sort of Permaculture in action. If we really look at the ethics of Permaculture “Care for the Earth’, “Care for the People” and “Fair Share” then there is nothing that does it better than getting together with local growers and community members to share excess produce. In … Read more
Even living on the most beautiful permaculture dream farm calls for a holiday sometimes. Dealing with amazing people every day, managing beautiful old buildings, productive gardens, interesting emails and a never ending list of small, boring, necessary jobs can lead to cranky girls. I think we’d reached the point that the farm was as happy … Read more
RIRDC Rural Women’s Award 2014 (Runner up) For the second year in a row I nominated a project for the RIRDC Rural Women’s Award, an award that focuses on women in rural industries and communities,. Last year I was selected as a finalist (based on a project for running workshops for rural women) and was … Read more
A few pics from our January PDC Our January Permaculture Design Certificate was a huge 2 week event, with 24 students, 9 teachers, guest speakers, field trips and design projects …….we were all kept busy. It’s hard to describe a 2 week course in a few words but here’s a few quotes…. “I have never … Read more
Claire Coleman arrived at our farm in 1995, she was our first wwoofer and we were her first wwoof hosts………her dynamic gardening energy was amazing then, a passionate allotment gardener from London who knew so much about making small spaces productive, she was also a whizz on European trees species and was here in Australia … Read more
Hannah’s Locavore blog (2) including some recipes I would love to thank everyone for the amazing response to my first blog entry. I was incredibly surprised how interested and eager people are to share our locavore story. The first few months of opening on Thursdays have been filled with learning, experimentation and fun! We are … Read more
Here we are in the middle of our Permaculture Design Certificate and I’m excited about what people are eating. Feeding 30 people (students, wwoofers and teachers) a day is a big ask, but feeding them local, fresh, organic is pure joy. Do has been working hard in the garden for months now, planting so that … Read more
Summer on the farm (and a reminder that we are fully booked from Jan 12 – 26) It feels like I haven’t written an update for a long time, but it certainly isn’t through a lack of things happening here on the farm. Fair Harvest has been a hive of activity, our Thursday open day … Read more
Hannah’s Blog Hannah is here WOOFING in our kitchen and garden until she does her Permaculture Design Certificate in January, She is a wonderful young, creative cook who has taken on board everything here at Fair Harvest. I asked her to write a blog about her experience so far, a beautiful story…….thanks Hannah, love your … Read more