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Where to learn breadbaking…courses now available in NSW

Fabalicious!

Having enjoyed the most delicious fresh baked bread from Lizzie the master baker at the Nabiac Farmers Market for the past 4 years, it was a no brainer to ask the queen of bread to be the “expert” for our new breadbaking course.  Our aim at Honeycomb Valley Farm through our training company “Cape Able” is to [...]

Organic Farmers Markets in Sydney

Wow, what a weekend! We headed down to Sydney to give the organic markets a try and ended up having a fantastic weekend catching up with lots of past farmstay guests…who would have thought you could fit 12 kids behind the counter of our little stall!?! Who would have thought the blokes would be willing to [...]

Bikie Gang meets the Bee Lady at the Farmers Market

For years I was a shopper at farmers markets, never even imagining I would have my own stand. I loved shopping for fresh breads, pickles, handmade cheeses and fresh macadamias…but now, I’m the one behind the table, enjoying the moment as people taste our different honies, try a lip balm or enjoy the scent of a raw [...]

Could beekeeping be the most satisfying pursuit ever?

What an amazing couple of weeks we’ve enjoyed. We’ve handspun more honey, hosted another beekeeping course, collected and filtered our beeswax in the solar cooker and blended our raw honey and beeswax into a natural range of non-toxic lip balms…and then we sold them at farmers’ markets to a great response as people enjoyed the natural flavour and texture [...]

Oh my Gourd!

Gourds soaking

I skipped this year’s gourd planting (too busy making goats milk soap), but last season I planted heaps of varieties in mini raised tyre garden beds (I figured it was okay to use tyres because we weren’t going to be eating the gourds).  The tyre beds were the easiest way for me to get the gourds [...]