Hot day for all us workers down on the farm although tbh neighbour Billy just watches me washing the veges stamping his foot in anticipation…
Markets 11/23
I’m here with just a delightful drizzle of rain
Farmer's Market 8-12
Day on the farm
Just a boy walking his chickens
Flipping a bed @3 Veg Farm to sow carrots
Spring Workshops for the home gardener
No dig - Permaculture - Organic
Turn a grassy/weedy patch into an abundance of veges within a whole ecological system.
Composting - companion planting - water saving - building beds from scratch - seeding and more…
Plus homemade morning tea &/or lunch
2 classes:
This Sunday 9-11.30 (a couple of spaces left)
Sunday 24th Sep 9-3pm - a deeper dive
For bookings:
https://3vegfarm.com.au/products/workshops-and-events
Just in case you missed it - like my mother 😂 (something about not having channel 7 on her tv or ducking out for another glass of wine or..)
My clever 21 yo found a way of screen copying our segment from its source
And a big thankyou to my lovely "shoppers" on film day - Judith Frances Malo Judith Boag Pat Edsall Bernadette Wood Simon Heesh Sally Neaves Alison Charters Kathleen Jones, Ella & Esther.
And a shout out to the 40 friends who came and shared the night with me at the Watch Party @Reckless Brewing Co. What a fun warm celebration that was.
All set up at the Farmer's Market
Until 12 today.
Little shop also open at the farm. (Thanks Alison) 78 Bant St
Some time ago I was invited to participate in a project by Pete Dowson & Beatrice Ludwig of Friendly Farms who promote regenerative agriculture.
It’s a lovely little video and great for me to see the progress that has been made since the filming. One year on, the garden - and I - are somewhat wiser and more evolved. It’s funny to hear me say “I’d be happy spending my last days here” - as though I’m 96 yrs old! 🤣 But perhaps I will still be composting, planting trees & pulling weeds here in 40+ years!! Whoever knows what will happen?
You can see more videos from Friendly Farms here https://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyFarmsNetwork/videos
Including ones with Charles Massy and Peter Andrews
With these hot days I love working in the cool of the mornings & evenings - right up to 9pm - with darkness just an owl hoot away. Middle of the day is for reading, cooking, admin and a wee nap.
My next door neighbour Billy stamps his foot when we’re washing veges. This is what he’s after…
Compost tea
Brewing a batch of aerated compost tea (not exactly palatable I know). But great for the plants and the soil, building up all the microbes that like oxygen - the good ones.
Takes a bucket of rain water (got that😉) a couple of cups of aged compost, plus molasses, kelp and fish emulsions to feed it. Then 2 days of bubbling with an aquarium pump. It’s got to be used immediately to keep them all alive. I just keep a batch going all the time spraying it on the vegs but also spreading around all the native tube stock to give them a bit of a head start.
At the Farmers Market today. Our biggest haul yet.
