Bio Char Bubble burst!

Well it is time someone  came out and said it: “Bloody bio char !”  There , I said it. Don’t like to quash enthusiasm, don’t like to offend friends who love the idea of bio char, but I don’t think much of bio char. It has never made sense to me to burn wood that…

Sweet potato movie

This new garden has not only survived a hot summer in exposed position with extended drought in Western Australia, but thrived way beyond expectations. Check out the big sweet potatoes and the Home Bio gas unit . We believe the plants are growing so well because of previous applications of fungal dominated compost tea to…

Merri Bee Organic Farmacy

Two small properties in Western Australia, 10 hectares in Nannup ( the mythical town of “Seacliffe” in the  movie “Drift”) and 20 hectares in Karridale, constitute Merri Bee Organic Farmacy. Operators   Stewart Seesink and Bee Winfield  are together creating a permaculture,  a natural system of perennial abundance to  satisfy human needs for food, shelter,…