As Summer came to an end and the basil started to go to seed, we picked what we could to make an allergy friendly basil & sunflower seed pesto. Our crop was quite large, 10 cups of basil & with our school grown garlic. Sunflowers seeds are a great allergy friendly substitute for the usual … Continue reading Basil Pesto – Allergy Friendly
How to deter Cabbage Moths from your garden? with a Moth Trick of course! Picking caterpillars off the broccoli leaves every morning is such an important job in our garden! It’s a job loved by many students as it’s also breakfast for the chooks! As soon as our 6 chooks hear the kids squeals of … Continue reading Cabbage Moth Tricks
Rhubarb leaves are toxic to us but snails love them! It is Autumn the perfect weather for snails to lay their eggs in the cool damp weather. In our garden nestled amongst our Rhubarb crop we found an amazing colony of snails happily breeding away and munching on the leaves. We needed a natural pest deterrant that wasn't harmful or … Continue reading Natural Pest Control – snails
A visit to Mansfield Steiner School held us in oar as we spent a day in this most beautiful of places. We went on a tour, and we are so glad that we did! This garden is an inspiration!Lucky enough to have a family member, Pat Dowling show us around. He is one very passionate Garden & Grounds … Continue reading A visit to Mansfield Steiner School
Nature Play Week at Bonbeach Primary School was a hugely successful day of dirt, bugs, searching, creating, wearing, playing and laughter. It was an absolute joy to see so many families turn up for the free event in our garden. Little hands enjoyed making nature crowns with collected leaves, twigs, gumnuts, gasses and acorns and … Continue reading Nature Play Week – getting back to nature
