Make friends with a turnip. Say hello to your new Food Hosts
Our ancestors knew this season very, very well indeed; it was the time of year to make friends with turnips or some other survival food that would see them through the winter famine. It’s that season now and there is no better time to begin a relationship with a turnip, a swede, perhaps a parsnip […]
The Grain Store – July Full Moon Dinner. Wintery Produce Unpredictability
After the first Full Moon Dinner sold-out in no time flat our friends, Ingo and Melanie at The Grain Store have been getting up their courage to put another one on (see the invite above). Ingo, originally from Switzerland, is a classically trained chef who has cooked his way around the world in the demanding kitchens of various […]
Friends who stick around during soup weather. Spare warehouse anyone?
Being friends with a zucchini or a tomato is easy; they’re great company and can effortlessly slip into so many social situations. But as convivial as they are come winter zucchini, tomato, eggplant, cucumber et al have headed off to farmer’s markets in Provence or Southern Italian harvest festivals leaving us feeling as deflated as a […]
Winter drops in. Love Crowdsaucing? Now try Krautsourcing.
It’s funny, last week I read that the 2016 El Niño was officially over, the very next day the cold front hit and it was like summer had leap-frogged autumn and gone straight into winter. Suddenly it’s too cold for Shelley and Craig Heppel to grow lettuce, Coolibah Farm’s roquette got frozen in Monday’s frost and overnight broccoli […]
Don't plant in winter months beginning with 'J'. Go toward the light Ameen.
This morning while I froze on the sidelines at my son’s footy game I thought of the Foothills Organics crew down in Colac harvesting in the frost. My hands felt sympathy pains for whoever was washing the radishes and leeks. When I got home I called Joe Sgro who said the frost had stuck around all morning. He was hoping a band of […]
In the field this week. Josh's produce report.
I’m at home sitting over the heater looking at the weather forecast – if ever there was a time to appreciate farmers then this is the week. And some of the farmers who do it toughest at times like this are the market gardeners (sorry dairy farmers – next time I promise). I rang Shelley Heppell from Green Gully Organics (that’s […]
