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Working with what we have
I love searching through the food stores and finding little gems hidden at the back of shelves, deep in cupboards or stuck at the bottom of the freezer. These little surprises can be the start of a new...
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Hello beautiful
Technically it's summer, but here on the hill it feels like it's just become spring. Last night I lit the house fire again, which isn't unusual for this time of year. It's the place my 'almost father...
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SUMMER VEG - EGGs - PORK - LAMB boxes are back!
Guys, if you live in Melbourne and want to get a big box of organic veg, eggs, and free range pork and lamb you can. This is our third summer season now supplying Melbourne punters with real food and...
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A good starting point
It sounds a bit corny but I have been on this 'journey' for a number of years now. I'm not sure exactly where it started. When I look back, it seems like it was a combination of things that set me on...
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Repeating like a broken record player
Years ago, on a cold winters day, I looked at the tomato I was slicing, and wondered about its origins. Central Highlands winters are remarkably harsh, there is no chance a tomato plant would survive...
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Big Red
Yesterday while watering the veg patch I noticed that my little crop of beetroot had gone from golf ball size to oversized tennis ball size. As I didn't grow the beets for any sports ball, I decided it...
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Until next time, Eucumbene
The hill climb past Corryong made the old Fairmont's engine moan. With each tight winding corner came another, then another. It seems like a never ending labyrinth of tight corners, steep descents and...
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That’s a reality I’d like to see change.
A few weeks ago I cold smoked a bunch of trout that I caught out of my mate Jacks dam. Being fish that live in still water they can taste a bit muddy at times so I opt for the smoking approach, which...
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Happy Meal
Tonights meal was the bomb. I had to share it with you because it's everything I want to achieve in life (in regards to food and life-style etc). It was a simple meal, really nothing flash at all. But...
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Scars & Killer Harissa
It was a normal start to the day. My partner got up earlier than me, as she does every weekday. She wakes me up standing by the bed with a mug of hot brewed coffee that steams in the cold bedroom air....
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Here comes the end/Out of touch
Here comes the end It's been a dry few months, a shower here or there but nothing worth checking the rain gauge for. A food gardener cannot complain about this warm start to autumn, to them it means an...
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Veg boxes make Nursery Project a reality
It's been another lovely growing season but like all good things it's coming to the end. Autumn weather has definitely arrived, last night the apparent temp was 2.8C, suffice to say we had the fire...
View ArticleLog Cabin For Sale!
The Smokehouse from Smith Journal on Vimeo. Sometimes in life you have to give up something you love to make your dream a reality. We have a dream to set up The Nursery Project, a place where we can...
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Seems to be doing the trick
Saturday mornings start at 5:30am, the alarm shocks me out of a deep slumber, I grind some coffee and murder a pot of coffee. With sleep in my eyes I drive a white van to a farm, pick up produce that...
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About
1. I am not SELF SUFFICIENT and I've never claimed to be. I don't believe anyone can truly be self sufficient. My aim in life is to remove myself as much as I possibly can from the very broken...
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BUILDING
Steam rose from my hot coffee, fumbling a sip between straight patches of country road while another cup of coffee sat precariously between my legs (probably a little too close for comfort). The second...
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Hold the Choo Choo Berries
By now we all know the nutritional benefits of Choo Choo Berry products. A few years ago it's like the product never existed, but now you see it at supermarkets, health food stores and gracing the...
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ORIGINS
Sitting alone around a camp fire while the fella’s took off, looking for rabbit. I stayed put, really didn’t have the inclination for that kind of activity. Let’s face it, I have and endless supply...
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A Year of Practiculture (pre-orders)
My next book 'A Year of Practiculture' is due for release in Australia in August, just before Spring arrives. This book contains the story of a year in my life, beginning in Spring, following the...
View ArticleYour Ethics Vs My Ethics & Good bye
Ethics are an interesting human phenomenon. Ethics are a learnt thing, they’re personal, often very personal. Years ago I didn’t really have a large suite of ethics, instead I happily went about my...
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