Summer so far has been an exhausting haze of uncertainty and fear, measured by the growth of the Currowan bushfire. The family farm in Milton and my mother’s cottage in Lake Tabourie have repeatedly come under threat. The entire 100-acre farm that my siblings and I grew up on is now a charred, burned landscape.…
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Hi there! I’m still here shrooming along, but I’ve made the decision this year to down-scale production and spend more time in the shroom lab, which is why I’ve been missing in action at the farmers’ markets. Although I really miss seeing your smiling faces on the regular, I just can’t do it all! But don’t…
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Picture this: it’s just after 9am on a Monday morning, and the Baptist Church is thrumming with over 130 gardeners from our local area. Tables laden with flowering plants, sub-committees, and sign-up sheets line the walls. A tea and biscuit service is prepared with military precision. Every member is bedecked with an engraved name tag, smiling and radiating the sort…
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Want to start a mushroom growing business, but worried that you need a crazy amount of infrastructure, time and money? Don’t worry. You can be up and growing with a simple, cost-effective system and a bit of ingenuity. Here’s how. 1. Get skilled up. First up, you need to skill up. Milkwood Permaculture’s Gourmet Mushroom…
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It’s been an exciting first year of growing mushrooms for market; a steep learning curve that’s seen me make plenty of new farmer mentors and friends. I’m indebted to the support of both the burgeoning Gaia Farmers Market in Ulladulla and the well-established SAGE Farmers Market in Moruya. Rad people abound at both markets (too…
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Ice-cold ginger lemon kefir in hand, there was plenty to see and do at the South Coast Field Days. Resurrected after a ten-year hiatus in 2013, the Field Days event is all about bringing the growers and makers of the south coast together. A smorgasbord of demonstrations, workshops and panel discussions were crammed into a…
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In mid August a convoy of keen photographers turned up at the farm with lenses, flashes, backdrop screens and plenty of gusto. They were here to take some mycelial blocks for a spin in the sunshine to capture their good sides. The Milton Ulladulla Districts Camera Club was out in full force and it was…
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Last weekend, as the blue moon rose, 150 small farmers gathered in the Victorian central highlands to discuss small-scale food production and sustainability. Costa Georgiadis called it the “Woodstock of Australian agriculture” and he wasn’t wrong. The air of revolution was palpable. In the picturesque Dean town hall, rugged up passionate men and women took advantage…
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The first ever Gaia Farmers Markets went off with a bang last Thursday at the Civic Centre. The lawn opposite the harbour was thrumming with patrons and most vendors sold out within the first half hour. Bridging the geographical gap between the Kiama Farmers Market and the SAGE Farmers Markets in Moruya, Gaia promises to become…
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Oh boy. The Gaia Farmers Markets start this Thursday, 9th July. Be there at 2pm to hit the stalls when they’re bursting with fresh local vegetables, fruit, honey, dairy, eggs, meat and fish. And mushrooms. Don’t forget the mushrooms. We’ll be there with freshly harvested phoenix and white oyster mushrooms and grow kits. It’s going…
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