The Slow Food Movement
Slow Food is not about chewing your food slowly ! It is an international association that works to defend food biodiversity, disseminate taste education...
The view from my side of the Paddock
Don’t Always Listen to Experts (or not many of them) or Believe What you Read (except in the NVNews!)
Regarding ‘Experts’, think about who is...
In Season – August
Around the Northern Valleys, we are growing celery, cabbages, caulis, broccoli, lettuce, kale, beetroot, carrots, parsnips, turnips and silverbeet. Coriander is growing well and...
What are ‘free range’ chook eggs ?
There are many products from animals that are described as ‘Free Range’: pork, beef and – a hot topic – eggs.
Coles require one bird...
Labelling Policy Reform
It is a pity that the push for truthful labeling is only from the minor parties at present, such as The Greens and Bob...
On their terms
If you thought farming was fickle, try basing your business on the whims of a wily sea lion!
With bellies full of crayfish and octopus,...
The view from my side of the paddock
In our patch of the Northern Valleys, we have had lots more rain than the previous 3 years.
For those not close to the land,...
Warri-not – you can grow your greens
Someone gave me a cutting of warrigal greens a few years ago, and though I can’t quite remember who it was, I have them...
Right up your alley!
Behind the unassuming façade of a shed in Gypsum Street lies Jurien Bay’s vibrant new watering hole, Kakka Alley Brewing Co. With cold, flowing...
Sustainable gift wrapping!
Like so many sustainable solutions, we have but to look to the past to find so many fantastic answers! Necessity, frugality and resourcefulness bore...
Raw-licious avocado cake
It’s feast or famine with avocados in our region and while supermarkets may boast avos on the shelf all year round the local season...
