Greens from The Farm
GREENS FROM THE FARM The scapes, by the time you read this, may no longer be around. The long green shoots which grow ...read more
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11, 2024
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11, 2024
The Legendary Coopers Shoot Tomatoes
The day I visit my friend Lynette she’s preparing a second round of snacks for her boys, not long returned from the farmers’ ...read more
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10, 2024
Berries Galore
STRAWBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES ‘The buckets are in!’ Dean tells me. Sure enough, those white plastic buckets filled with 1.25kg of blueberries command one ...read more
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08, 2024
3 Top Honey
I’m doing a little taste-test. From each of the three jars of honey before me I have removed a modest sample. Jotted down ...read more
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08, 2024
Church Farm
It doesn’t matter that I have a floor-to-ceiling bookcase of cookbooks, a collection of sad home-made ones and subscriptions to food magazines. Nor ...read more
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07, 2024
Oliver’s Hens
If it weren’t for the support of the Mullum Farmers’ Markets, Oliver Bora, egg and bone broth purveyor extraordinaire, might not be on ...read more
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07, 2024
Shroom Brothers Mushrooms!
They can weigh up to 800 grams. They look for all the world like snowy white cauliflowers. And they are enjoying a big ...read more
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07, 2024
Valley of Craftsmen
It’s a pest and a weed, introduced from East Asia and found along most of the east coast, invading pastures and stifling native ...read more
18
07, 2024
Playing with Fire – Native Foods
PLAYING WITH FIRE Their excitement is infectious. Young schoolboys in uniform cluster around Rebecca Barnes’ stall as she passes the finger limes around: ...read more
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06, 2024
Forrest Organic
At the Forrest’s stall while Dave serves and chats to customers, wife Sue is showing me the magazine she’s been editor of for ...read more