Fruit Press and Grain Mill for sale

Just in time for the berry season (and the end of apple season for cider!) this fruit press is available from a food box customer in Castlemaine for just $130. Imported from Germany, its beautifully crafted and never been used.

In addition this HaWo electric grain mill, made from solid beech, and also imported from Germany. Available for just $380, which is a bargain for something so well made.

If you are interested in either the fruit press or grain mill, contact Graham at the Food Garden on 5472 2605 or graham@foodgarden.com.au and I will pass on your details to Katharina who is selling them.

Wicking Beds in the heat

These wicking beds have stood extremely well in the record November heat, with only a light watering every other day.

See previous post on how they were built.

Building Wicking Beds

These are some photos from Wicking Beds made from a design at the Mornington Community Gardens, using old pallet crates. There are a couple of images missing for some steps in between, but we’ll add them as they are received, and you’ll get the whole picture.

Launching the Produce Exchange

Biodiesel made easy

Apparently our well considered leaders are not very keen for us to go out making our own fuel; they’ve gone to great lengths to discourage growers from making their own fuel and using it on their land, introducing excises and other regressive tools.

So for the sake of an argument, what follows here is more example of what can be done rather than instructions – you’ll need to find out yourselves what regulations need to be followed.

This biodiesel was made from a combination of waste rice bran oil and cottonseed oil collected from local restaurants. It cost around $200 to set up a mixture which gave around 1000 litres of fuel.