Bee news from Bellingen

This spring is proving to be one of the best bee seasons in the Bellinger Valley for many years. Not since 1984 when a truckload of my beehives encountered a […]
Beauty and Biodynamics

One concept not frequently addressed in agriculture is ‘beauty’. That is, apart from the scenery and views from the farmhouse windows or from various vantage points around the property, or […]
Tree pruning workshop at Bellingen’s Northbank Community Garden

About 25 local folk and garden committee members turned up to the half-day pruning workshop on Fathers Day 2024. The community garden is a verdant springtime treat at present, heightened […]
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This is an exceptional pinot noir

Max Allen, Australian Financial Review, 20.6.24 (reprinted with kind permission) It’s Sunday morning and there are plenty of cars parked outside the striking redbrick church in Tarrington, a small town […]
Supercharge your garden with Valerian flower extract

John Hodgkinson Valerian flower extract, in biodynamics known as Preparation 507, wakes things up in garden, horticulture and farm settings. Spraying the stirred preparation over a garden, market garden, nursery, […]
Toxic chemicals in urban water

Rob Gourlay, PHI’ON, Elements of Life This week’s national news about the presence of a very toxic chemical in urban drinking water across Australia has sent alarm bells ringing among […]