The big project on the farm at the moment is to bring back to life the seasonal creek that passes through the property. The need to take care of Wadandi Boodja and part of the Mokidup catchment is foremost in our thoughts as we start this project. The reasons behind this project have been laid out in my previous post Our […] The post Riparian Zone Project appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Here we are at the beginning of April, we are usually sitting around a small campfire with the earth slowly softening and breathing around us as new shoots turn the paddocks green. This year we are watching swathes of native trees die and dams dry to boggy mud puddles, then disappear altogether. It’s something we have been talking about for […] The post Our Critical Water appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Birdlife at Fair Harvest Permaculture One of our favourite permaculture principles at Fair Harvest is to Use and Value Diversity. Maintaining lots of healthy bush areas and having lots of different plants in the garden attracts a wide variety of birds.  These help us in so many ways – controlling bugs, pollinating plants, spreading seed and fertilising the soil.  And […] The post Birdlife at Fair Harvest appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Fair Harvest Permaculture Teachers with Rosemary Left to right Back row Jeff Nugent, Jema McCabe, Jodie Lane, Rosemary Morrow Front row Rod Hughes, Tamara Clements, Brenna Quinlan, Patrick Shannon After hosting an amazing week of Permaculture Training I asked one of our teachers Rod Hughes to write about how this week influenced our two week live in Permaculture Design Course […] The post Permaculture Learning to Grow appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Thanks Rowe Morrow for encouraging me to tell everyone exactly what they are eating! It’s important so here goes. Sunday Lunch at Fair Harvest Thanks for joining us for one of our special Sunday lunches, here’s a little explanation of what was on your plate. I’ll start by saying that all fruit, veggies, eggs, honey and meat are from Fair […] The post What goes into a Sunday Lunch appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

It’s ten years now since we opened the doors of Fair Harvest Permaculture, ten years of events and courses, community and food, yoga and art, farming and family. It’s been a huge ten years in which we have worked hard to create a business based in the things that we believe in…. We have expanded and renovated, built buildings using […] The post Ten Years on and Looking to the Future appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Permaculture Design Certificate September 2020 Thank you to another amazing group of individuals who chose to spend two weeks of their time here atFair Harvest. Thank you also to our clients who’s property was used for the design project. and who gave their time so willingly. Here are two write ups from students who joined us on the course. The […] The post Permaculture Design Certificate September 2020 appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Festival of Forgotten Skills Sunday November 29th 2020 Time for another festival favourite the “Festival of Forgotten Skills”, we are super excited and this year Sharna Pinkney and Sarah Reid are taking on the organising. This festival will also be the final event for Live Local Month as part of the Local is More campaign and will culminate with a […] The post Festival of Forgotten Skills Sunday November 29th 2020 appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Chimichurri with Seed Crackers One of my favourite things to do in the kitchen is to whip up a quick green dip or weedy garden pesto using whatever tasty greens are most abundant. In summer of course it’s a basil pesto, in winter my fave is cashew and coriander  and pretty much year round it’s chimichurri which is a simple […] The post Chimichurri with Seed Crackers appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more

Dear friends and followers   In this uncertain time of international health crisis we have made the decision to close to the general public and reduce the risk of spreading the virus in all ways possible.  After many years of developing our edible food gardens, sharing our knowledge and living the Permaculture principles as best we can we would like […] The post Seeds for self reliance appeared first on Fair Harvest Permaculture ..read more