June 12, 2020July 26, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

New Poly Tunnel in the Food Forest

  Everyone seems to be building polytunnels in their veggie gardens these days. Now that we have one, I can […]

September 26, 2019September 22, 2019Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Toilet Paper

Toilet paper – we all use it every day here in Australia, and every year thousands of trees are cut […]

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Worm Tower

We are passionately supportive of composting and have tried many methods at our home in Sydney. Initially we had large […]

July 30, 2019July 29, 2019Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Coffee Grounds

We have become a coffee nation and in Australia it is estimated 75000 tonnes of ground waste is produced annually, […]

April 11, 2019July 5, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Machinery, Orchard, Projects, Recycling and Going Green

Dam for the Food Forest

What a difference some rain makes. I have to be honest after twelve months, I really didn’t think this dam […]

July 5, 2018July 3, 2018Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Egg Shells

At Booyong we are always learning how to recycle and utilize food scraps in the house and garden. After researching […]

May 29, 2018May 12, 2019Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green

Potash

The fires are burning at Booyong and we have recently purchased a tin bucket to collect potash from the fire […]

May 24, 2018May 20, 2018Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Furniture Restoration, Projects, Recycling and Going Green

Outdoor Table

One of the items on our wish list has been an outdoor table. There is a lovely area we call […]

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Projects, Recycling and Going Green

Outdoor Heated Rainwater Shower

After another long hot summer at Booyong we’ve been inspired to create a hot water outdoor shower for ourselves and […]

January 11, 2018January 7, 2018Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Projects, Recycling and Going Green

New Letter Box at Booyong!

Bob was super happy when the Postman declared his letterbox the 2nd best in the Hastings! So grateful to have […]