Strawberry Gum Bliss Balls
We have been experimenting with Strawberry Gum (Eucalyptus olida) here at Peppermint Ridge as the dried leaves make a wonderful spice. The fresh leaves are fine to use in cooking too and will keep in a ziplock bag in the fridge for weeks. Strawberry Gum is a very rare tree from Northern New South Wales…
Read MoreSlow Roasted Beef Short Ribs: Cooking with Australia’s Bush Foods
I love experimenting with our wonderful bush foods. It is so easy to invent new dishes if you have the plants growing in your garden – just like the other herbs we are used to growing. Many of them like to grow in pots so you can keep them close to the kitchen door –…
Read MoreIllawarra Plums – Another Superfood
We have just picked many kilos of our Illawarra plums (Podocarpus elatus). The Illawarra Plum is a small plant indigenous to New South Wales and Queensland. It is also called a Brown Pine and has a false fruit which is a fleshy sweet stalk attached to a big stone which makes it easy to harvest the…
Read MoreAutumn bush food cropping at Peppermint Ridge Farm
Autumn is my favourite time of year at the farm as the days are mild with light soaking rain and the weather very settled. The light seems different and the slanting afternoon light is wonderful viewed from the terrace. The bush food garden is looking its best and with all three layers now well grown…
Read MorePeppermint Ridge Farm Nominated for Farming Award
We are very excited to have been nominated for a farming award through the Weekly Times Coles 2014 Farmer of the Year Award! Follow the link to read the article about Peppermint Ridge Farm that appears in the August 14 2014 edition of the Weekly Times. Agriculture and Culture Collide at Peppermint Ridge Farm in…
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