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Comment on Milkwood Farm Field Day: 1 April 2012 by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:10:08 +0000

Hi Grateful, our regular policy is that we allow refunds up to 14 days before an event. Tickets are transferable after that point to someone else’s name…

Comment on Milkwood Farm Field Day: 1 April 2012 by grateful

grateful — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:02:24 +0000

Hi, if I purchase tickets, but find closer to the time that I cannot unfortunately attend, will you refund the ticket price? Tx

Comment on Advanced Watershed Restoration, here we come… by Milkwood Farm Field Day: 1 April 2012 « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:42:18 +0000

[...] to have Craig Sponholtz as our special guest. As part of the field day Craig will be talking on applied watershed restoration and erosion control, as well as taking folks on watershed walks, where you will learn how to read [...]

Comment on Ryan Gosling Goes Gardening… by cathy

cathy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:54 +0000

I laughed and laughed and then blushed! Devine inspiration.

Comment on Drying Apple, Pear and Nashi by mel53sa

mel53sa — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:34:36 +0000

Love you dryer mine is on the smaller size and takes more than over night but I am in the looking process for a better one.
I like the idea of leaving the skins on I have never done it this way but will do it this year.

Comment on Drying Apple, Pear and Nashi by Nerissa.

Nerissa. — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:37:50 +0000

When we bottle our apples and pears, we stick them in a large bowl full of unsweetened pineapple juice diluted with water to slow down discolouration – an old trick from a bunch of Victorian country folk : )

The Amazing Mel from Mallacoota slinkifies her apples then layers them in snaplock bags with finely grated lemon rind and freezes them… they make the best apple pie you’ve ever tasted! I personally do the bottling thing using the puree method on p.17 of “Australian preserving with Fowlers Vacola” – the book that Mum gave you (don’t pay more than $35 for it second-hand). I love this method as it’s not necessary to peel OR core the apples, so it’s a perfect quick method for when you’ve already processed 4,000 kilos of apples and never, ever want to see another apple again….. The puree slushy stuff is excellent on porridge/museli or with roast pork. Yum!

It’s still a bit early for pears where we are.

Riss xx

Comment on Drying Apple, Pear and Nashi by Julie Pagliaro

Julie Pagliaro — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:17:38 +0000

If you ever have peaches, try drying them, too. A lot of people don’t think about drying them but they are fantastic. Just cut into slices.

Comment on Attack of the Wolf Mountain Chickens by milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:46:51 +0000

happily yes! One of the main Australian blue langshan breeders lives in Mudgee…

Comment on Attack of the Wolf Mountain Chickens by Sharn

Sharn — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:07:13 +0000

Do you have access to any other roosters to increase the genetic diversity of the final flock?

Comment on Drying Apple, Pear and Nashi by rachel rose

rachel rose — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:29:19 +0000

Thanks Kirsten! I have one on its way