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A green bowl of freshly strained milk kefir sits next to sieve containing white, lumpy milk kefir grains.

How To Make Milk Kefir (and why you should)

Delicious, fizzy milky goodness. For thousands of years, people have been making and enjoying milk kefir. This healthy fermented drink is easy to make at home and requires no special equipment, just a tablespoon of active milk kefir “grains” and whole cow, sheep, goat, camel or buffalo milk.

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A selection of fresh and dried ingredients for Fire Cider.

All About Fire Cider & A Flexible Recipe

Fire cider is a pungent and fiery tonic packed with aromatic antimicrobial herbs and spices. Traditionally taken to ward off respiratory infections such as colds and flu. It is a modern form of an ancient herbal medicine called an oxymel. What’s more, this humble homemade remedy has also had its fair share of controversy!

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Meike is a keen gardener, she is wearing a sun hat, standing next to an impressive stand of corn.

Four Inspiring Mountain-Hugging Veggie Gardens in Hobart

Almost vertical mountain slopes, crazy weather and abundant wildlife – these are just some of the factors that make establishing a productive garden in nipaluna | Hobart challenging. We visited four gardens, thriving in their mountainous homes and providing an abundance of food for their creators and communities.

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How Your Kombucha SCOBY Works (It’s Like Magic!)

Have you ever wondered how your kombucha SCOBY works? This rubbery little biochemical factory seems almost magic in the way it can transform sugary tea into a tart, effervescent, nutrient rich beverage. If you are curious about how it weaves its magic, read on!

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Sticky Turmeric Chai Tea: a Spicy Hug in a Mug

It can get chilly down here at the end of the world. Vibrant sticky turmeric chai comes to the rescue. An aromatic, spicy cup of sunshine. Like a hug-in-a-mug on a cold day.

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Ginger bug, fermented drink, fermentation from ginger root

Ginger Bug: Ferment Your Own Feisty Fizz

Making your own fermented ginger bug is so easy. Let me show you how!

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Wild Green Spring Pesto Ingredients - wild fennel, watercress, almonds, garlic, salt and extra virgin olive oil. The Kitchen Apothecary.

Wild and free! Beneath your feet – in gardens, reserves, along waterways and roads, you will find an entire world of wild edible leafy greens. What better way to celebrate all this spring goodness than with fresh pesto?

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Kimchi, fermented and ready to eat.

If you are like me and love a deep umami punch to the palate, then kimchi is the ferment for you. It showcases the spicy slow burn of Korean chilli and the fermented funkiness of fish sauce. Let’s learn all about kimchi, then I will step you through making your first batch.

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Have you tried jun? It is sometimes referred to as the “champagne of fermented drinks”. I remember the first time I tried it. A friend of mine has huge ceramic crocks on the go, full of jun. She prepared a tall glass for me with ice and freshly crushed verbena leaves … that was it,…

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Dried calendula petals, easy to store and ready for use.

A stash of calendula is an essential herbal medicine to have on hand for making remedies to treat minor wounds, burns and infections. This hardy plant is easy to grow, preserve and use, let’s find out how! When winter descends, the veggie garden takes on tones of dark greens and purple. Calendula punctuates the garden…

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Sarah Coleman, naturopath and freelance health writer

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Foxglove (Digitalis spp). An old remedy with a narrow therapeutic window, meaning there is little room for error in dosing, a smidge too much and it is poison. NOT used as a home remedy anymore after numerous fatalities. A source of compounds called cardiac glycosides, isolated and used in pharmaceuticals for cardiovascular disease, such as digoxin. Such elegance as they reach for the sky, and an absolute magnet for pollinators.
Herbaceous water kefir second ferment. Heavy on camphorous rosemary, sunny sweetness of orange and subtle blueberries give it a beautiful hue. One day in and super fizzy with all the added wild microbes 🧡⁣. After training the grains from a first ferment of water kefir, flavourful, aromatic herbs, spices and fruits can amp up the taste and the fizz when added for a day or two for a second ferment. Do you second ferment??
🌱 As we move through spring many herbs and plants reach the cusp of maturity. They are most potent and nutrient-rich before the heat of summer sets in and they push their energy into flowering and seeding. ⁣
🔬 Microorganisms make the magic happen when it comes to fermentation. They can be: ⁣
Waste not, want not! 🍏 Old lunch box apples get fermented to Apple cider vinegar. They are super bubbly for the first few days before they are strained off and the liquid rested for at least 3 months, we go longer for extra tang! Me 8 has taken to sealing our ferments with globes so they wave at us 😂😊.
Spring chickens are on the lay. The pullets are producing a party pack of eggs. Have learnt to spot the double yolkers!!!

Recent Posts

  • How To Make Milk Kefir (and why you should)
  • All About Fire Cider & A Flexible Recipe
  • Four Inspiring Mountain-Hugging Veggie Gardens in Hobart
  • How Your Kombucha SCOBY Works (It’s Like Magic!)
  • Sticky Turmeric Chai Tea: a Spicy Hug in a Mug

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