The Fernmount Food Forest is situated on a north facing, sloping acre on the border of warm temperate and subtropical climate zones on the mid north coast of NSW, 3 minutes from Bellingen. The land is roughly divided into four of the five permaculture zones and horticultural practice generally follows permaculture principles. The property has sold but the original posts are maintained for reference purposes.
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Early Spring at the Fernmount Food Forest
Labels:
banana,
Grevillia,
Meyer Lemon,
Moringa,
Mulberry
Location:
Fernmount NSW 2454, Australia
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Monday, 23 July 2018
Our Food Forest in Midwinter
A walk around the food forest in the bright, midwinter (late July) sun is always interesting. Citrus are providing buckets of fruit. The odd Custard Apple still hangs on and we collect the pumpkins before the bush rats can attack them. As far as our plants are concerned Spring is almost here and the peaches are coming into flower.
Pumpkin in tree |
Labels:
Bamboo,
cassia,
colocasia,
Grumichama,
Gulf Gold Plum,
Peach Palm,
Pitomba,
taro,
Tithonia,
Tree Fern,
Tropical Peach,
Valencia Orange
Location:
Fernmount NSW 2454, Australia
Sunday, 15 July 2018
Recipe: Bunya Nut Cake
Our local Seed Savers group provided this recipe to utilise Bunya Nuts from the Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii - Wikipedia).
A few mid winter edibles that provide even when neglected.
After
a six week absence we returned home in mid-winter to see these four
vegetables flourishing and providing. With no actual frosts, despite the
sometimes near zero temperatures, and watered by only a few showers of
rain these green vegetables in raised beds just continue to thrive. Despite
the benign neglect this glut of greens could feed a large family and
will provide smoothies and greens for stir-fries for months. No person
need be without a green vegetables if they have a couple of square
metres of land or a balcony that will hold a few pots.
Gold Passionfruit |
Mid-winter colour, Japanese Maples and Acalyphas
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Early Autumn at The Fernmount Food Forest
Labels:
Bamboo,
Brugmansias,
Longevity Spinach,
Loquat,
Sea Grape,
Warrigal Greens
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Green Banana Cakes
Green Banana Cakes
• Boil and mash sufficient green bananas (or plantains) to replace the meat in a traditional rissole recipe.
• Blend with plain flour (wholemeal, half wholemeal is preferred), an egg if you like, crushed nuts, finely chopped vegetables, seasonings (cumin works well) and herbs of your choice until you have a mix that can be shaped into small rissoles.
• Fry in a frypan using coconut or olive oil or bake in the oven to avoid oils. These little savoury cakes go well to nibble with pumpkin soup or serve with a savoury sauce.
Oven baked green banana savoury cake |
• Blend with plain flour (wholemeal, half wholemeal is preferred), an egg if you like, crushed nuts, finely chopped vegetables, seasonings (cumin works well) and herbs of your choice until you have a mix that can be shaped into small rissoles.
• Fry in a frypan using coconut or olive oil or bake in the oven to avoid oils. These little savoury cakes go well to nibble with pumpkin soup or serve with a savoury sauce.
Sunday, 28 January 2018
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