Are Bush Foods Superfoods?

By Julie Weatherhead | July 9, 2014

Australian bush foods show tremendous potential in many ways particularly in providing health benefits, so I think they could be superfoods. Testing at the CSIRO and comparing to Blueberry has revealed that plants such as Lemon Myrtle, Anise Myrtle and Mountain Pepper (these grow well in Victorian gardens)  contain high levels of antioxidants, Vitamin E, Vitamin…

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Fantastic Warrigal Greens

By Julie Weatherhead | June 11, 2014 |

We have been growing Warrigal Greens at Peppermint Ridge for many years and we really enjoy its distinctive flavour. The plant scrambles over the ground and acts as a great ground cover to shade out weeds. If we get too many growing we feed the excess to our chickens and sheep – they love them. You…

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