July 20, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Garden Gate Tour

We were privileged to host the first Byabarra Garden Gate tour last weekend. The idea is that each of us […]

July 16, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Liquorice herb

This delicate Liquorice herb (Tagetes filifolia) was actually difficult to propagate but so worth the effort for its strong and […]

July 14, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Vegetable Garden

Watercress

I have to say making these floating pots and exploring aquatic edibles has been so much fun. Unfortunately, I have […]

July 14, 2020July 16, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Landcress

Our lovely neighbour Mette gifted us some land cress and we have recently been able to separate it and share […]

July 5, 2020July 9, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Recipe, Vegetable Garden

Lemongrass

Lemongrass is one of my favourite scents and one of the first herbs we decided to plant in our Sydney […]

June 27, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Gardening, Orchard

Dogbane

This beautifully winter flowering plant is said to repel dogs and cats. It is commonly known as Dogbane (Plectranthus caninus) […]

June 27, 2020April 30, 2021Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Salvia’s and the Eastern Spinebill

Thanks to our crop swapping friend Cecilia, we’ve started collecting Salvia’s for the food forest at Booyong. Cecilia generously gifted […]

June 17, 2020Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Machinery, Projects, Vegetable Garden

Making Mulch

Honestly, making our own mulch from fallen branches has made us so happy. It’s noisy and it takes allot of […]

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 […]

June 12, 2020Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Recipe, Vegetable Garden

Anne’s Bell Peppers

These plants were gifted to us by our neighbour Anne and we have since shared them with many friends and […]