by Mara | Nov 22, 2021 | Our home building journey
This article was first published by Pip Magazine By understanding the principles that underpin passive heating design the building you create or retrofit will allow you to thrive, not just in the first few years but indefinitely. The most important principles are...
by Mara | Nov 2, 2021 | Composting, Fauna & Flora, Harvests, In the Garden, Soil
One day you may find yourself falling in love with plants and gardens and in the process discovering an entirely new language. Many plant nursery websites have a category called perennials, dedicated to plants that live for more than two years. What you might not...
by Mara | Sep 20, 2021 | Design, Gardeners & Farmers, In the Garden, Uncategorized, Urban Greening
This article first appeared in Sanctuary Magazine, the 55th edition (with a few changes made here for my blog). A big thank you to editor Anna Cumming for commissioning this piece for I really love writing about the things I really love. Living fences: Using plants to...
by Mara | Jul 14, 2021 | In the Garden, Propagation, Pruning
With Author Jade Miles and Graftsman Charlie Showers at ORTO Farm, Blampied. An exciting event with these wonderful humans! From Black Barn Farm in Stanley, Victoria. Charlie and Jade at their Black Barn Farm fruit orchard. Jade’s recently published book “Future...
by Mara | Jun 17, 2021 | Baking, Harvests, In the kitchen
In the freezer are containers full of boysenberries, raspberries and strawberries. In the winter garden, rhubarb! Pudding like cake with summer boysenberries stored in our freezer. There is a cake recipe that I have adapted to make the most of my fruit harvest. This...
