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Emu Island Farm We are a young family living on the foothills of the Blue Mountains. We are keen gardeners and sustainability enthusiasts.

Follow our journey as we try to integrate urban farming into our busy family lives

Labelling fun! How are you spending your Saturday night?
20/04/2024

Labelling fun!

How are you spending your Saturday night?

It was a busy weekend of candle making.
04/04/2024

It was a busy weekend of candle making.

We have labels!!!
04/04/2024

We have labels!!!

Having a go at pillar candles. They are not quite as straight forward as I had expected, but I'm happy with my first eff...
09/03/2024

Having a go at pillar candles. They are not quite as straight forward as I had expected, but I'm happy with my first effort.

We don't have a honey problem
05/12/2023

We don't have a honey problem

11/10/2023

A behaviour that doesn't appear to have a good explanation - washboarding. Called that because it looks like the bees are scrubbing their laundry with their front legs.
We've never observed this at our hives before and with no known cause, not sure when we will again!

Did someone say LIMES?
14/05/2023

Did someone say LIMES?

Tonight we're enjoying the bounty from our friends' garden.
23/04/2023

Tonight we're enjoying the bounty from our friends' garden.

Look at these colours. Each batch only about 2 weeks apart. After a slow start, the bees are certainly enjoying the warm...
19/01/2023

Look at these colours. Each batch only about 2 weeks apart.

After a slow start, the bees are certainly enjoying the warmer weather

Harvest is finally on!After a very slow start to the season, the girls have enjoyed the easing conditions.
11/12/2022

Harvest is finally on!

After a very slow start to the season, the girls have enjoyed the easing conditions.

The cucumbers the supermarkets would reject.No idea why they are curly, Google's suggests issues at the time of pollinat...
14/11/2022

The cucumbers the supermarkets would reject.

No idea why they are curly, Google's suggests issues at the time of pollination. Still looking forward to watching them grow and eating them nonetheless.

We are experimenting with growing in bags to make use of some dead driveway space.

While we wait for the bees to build their resources so that we can do our first, albeit rather late, extraction for the...
12/11/2022

While we wait for the bees to build their resources so that we can do our first, albeit rather late, extraction for the session, everything else is enjoying the moist soils and glorious sunshine.

From the passionfruit that everyone told me would never survive in that spot to the corn and potatoes. We are looking forward to some bounty later in the season

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