by Mara | Nov 2, 2017 | In the Garden, In the kitchen, Our home building journey
Ralf and I, Artemisia and Ahlia. September this year we completed two years in our new home. We are trying to balance family life with building, landscaping, tree planting, and establishing a new garden. However, I think I could do a little more to spend time with my...
by Mara | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
This place called Daylesford has offered me the opportunity to get back into lots of singing and my roots. I arrived from Italy when I was nine and could not speak a word of English, but thanks to the kindness and help of those around me, my memories of those early...
by Mara | Sep 20, 2017 | In the Garden, In the kitchen
You can be a very little town and yet very rich in experiences. This month in Daylesford I took part in a cheese making workshop, a slow meat symposium and in our monthly community garden working bee. At the cheese making event three wonderful women from our community...
by Mara | Aug 8, 2017 | Baking, Design, In the Garden, In the kitchen, Soil
There is a list and sketches on a drawing we made. A drawing of our land and our dreams. Pigs on the south paddocks. Native wind breaks to the west, south and east. Establish a wetland and create habitat around it. Plant oaks and nuts to provide long term food...
by Mara | Jun 24, 2017 | Harvests, In the kitchen
Are we as a community eating better? Are more of us working towards healthier lives? Is there a growing movement away from fast food and towards food that is cooked using simple, nutritious ingredients. What does the research show? The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific...
