Harvesting our inner blitz (or bliss?)
February was a pretty crazy month, there was so much to see at the Sustainable Living Festival – and we also had our Fair Food documentary presentation, as well as a workshop from the...
Author: Adrian O'Hagan
Fair Food – a documentary for the times
Last week we teamed up with Permaculture Victoria to present the Fair Food documentary. The documentary reminds us that we all have choices. Choices about who we are, what we eat, the food we grow,...
Dragon Tongue Beans
Dragon Tongue beans are an open pollinated heirloom variety originally cultivated in the late eighteenth, early nineteenth century in the Netherlands. From there it spread to France and England then eventually to the New...
Making a biz from your permie passions and wicking bed action
Last month we got to chat to Ben from Ben’s Bees and he shared with us his beginnings and how he’s grown his business.. Permablitz Collective superstar Hermann also put together a great article on wicking beds (based on the writings of the wicking bed inventor), and we’ve also teamed up with the team at Permaculture Victoria to present the Fair Food documentary as part of the upcoming Sustainable Living Festival!
Shark Fin Melon
Our hero of the month is the Asian green Shark Fin Melon, the essential ingredient for the healthy and nutritious shark fin melon soup (not shark fin soup!) boiled using a Tanyu claypot
Want to live in a permaculture paradise?
Someone is looking for their next housemates; it can be either a single or a couple to share in an awesome garden oasis!
Permablitz #195 – Greening the Mall at Box Hill
This blitz heated up as eager blitz volunteers met in the brick and concrete settings of the Box Hill Central Mall with a vision of transformative action – some herb’n’veggie-filled wicking beds were going to be made!
How Ben makes a living keeping bees in Melbourne
Urban beekeeping is going from strength to strength, with more beekeepers than ever in the state of Victoria alone. A handful of beekeepers have taken the next step into self-sufficiency , and have actively...
Heating up in the year of the rooster!
Welcome to 2017, the Chinese year of the Rooster! Whether this means that we’re all going to be getting up at the break of dawn and singing for the world to hear remains to be...
Tamarillo
The Tamarillo, or Tree Tomato, is an attractive foliage specimen tree, growing to 3-4m and fruit within 1-2 years – as such they’re one of the best-value perennials you can ask for!
