A Very Foodly Diary

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Belated new year blessings to all of you lovely people!
Also belated is the post about our third olive oil pressing. You can read all about it here:
https://averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/cat-slash-human/

Rawmesan

Rawmesan! [latest blog post]
https://averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/rawmesan/

averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com While my base recipe has undergone a series of tweaks over 7+ years [original recipe linked here], this savoury sprinkle remains a staple in our household. I recently took a batch with me on a girl…

Olive Love

Just posted: our olive oil experience :) https://averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/olive-love/

averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com I’d like to tell you the tale of two oils, starting with this year’s bottled harvest: 57L of olive oil, cold pressed from 320kg of handpicked olives. My aim was to have enough oil to la…

Food is Free Project

Brilliant news for Melbourne!
Hmmm...OzHarvest Market opened in Sydney last year... Could this concept be slowly making it's way to western shores? I certainly hope so.

Love this new concept using rescued food!

Shoppers can name their price, and those who can’t afford to pay for their goods are welcome to take what they need at no cost. It’s reported that Australians waste up to 4 million tonnes of food annually, and discard up to 20 per cent of the food they purchase.

Food for free.

A new blog post & a fresh look: https://averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/food-for-free/
It's been a while. I hope you are well!

averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com 23 months. That’s how long it’s been since my last A Very Foodly Diary blog post. In this time, a few aspects of this site have changed: The site theme has been updated in an attempt to…

The Eden Project, Cornwall > more here: http://www.edenproject.com/
Now added to my list of waycool places to visit.

This is what a farm ought to look like. This is a picture of The Eden Project in Cornwall, England. Unlike conventional monoculture planting, this polyculture system diversifies the soil life, making plants less susceptible to pests and disease.

Food is Free Project

First post in a while! A great reminder to collect and store enough to sow and share.

Save your seeds to ensure that next year!

The Real Food Chain

I just discovered this Australian-based wholefoods site and had to share: https://www.facebook.com/realfoodchain
And here's how I found out about it (thanks, Denise!): https://denisemills.net/2017/02/16/a-catalyst-for-change/

Accessible wholefoods information, news, opinion and podcasts with an Australian slant. https://realfoodchain.wordpress.com/

These red globe grapes were discovered under leafy branches today, having ripened in spite of receiving no special care. Don't you just love a good accidental harvest!

I still get a buzz when someone downloads Uncooked or Love Thy Food: http://luluwasamouse.tomely.com/ These recipes live on as standards in our house--especially the rawmesan, which I make at least every other week.

Rawmesan is an essential part of my favourite weekend breakfast: poached eggs (from our girls, of course) topped with olive oil and rawmesan, on a bed of avocado, rocket, and spelt sourdough. Those little red drops on the side are my latest addiction--the 'widow maker' sriracha from Dingo Sauce Co. So delicious.

Companion Planting | Sustainable Gardening Australia

Here in Perth, it's too hot to plant new seeds and seedlings, so I am planning forward, for my autumn planting. I have used this handy guide to companion planting for a couple of years now and it's become a staple reference for me: http://www.sgaonline.org.au/companion-planting/ I hope you find it useful too!

sgaonline.org.au Your guide for what plants, fruit, vegetables to grow together. Does companion planting work? How to repel pests and to attract bees

Dingo Sauce Co. by leigh nash

I love my sriracha but I don't love the extras -- like potassium sorbate -- often added to imported sauces. This chilli sauce is locally produced from local ingredients, and the chef/maker person is crowdfunding to expand. Get behind it! https://pozible.com/project/dingo-sauce-co

pozible.com SOME LIKE IT HOTIt is possible to consider the humans who populate this planet as two distinct and separate groups - those who dig hot HOT chilli and those who simply don't. The latter group of people will likely scratch their heads in bemusement at much of the 'story' to follow - the former group w...

This recipe's for the hen keepers: a healing salve. Simply mix 1 heaped teaspoon of solid coconut oil with 8 drops each of frankincense and lavender essential oils.

In attempting to treat a bleeding, henpecked chook as naturally as possible, I turned to Timber Creek Farm's wound ointment: http://timbercreekfarmer.com/essential-oils-for-chicken-care/ . As well healing poor Rhonda, the scent of the oils seems to keep the other chickens from further attacks.

An added bonus: it turns out this salve is a heavy duty moisturiser for cracked elbows :)

Gardening In Perth In October | Gardening Gals | Perth, Western Australia

It's such a beautiful spring day in Perth that we couldn't help but spend most of it (so far) in the garden! For planting and transplanting, it helps to have some sort of guide, and an easy one for Perthians comes courtesy of the Gardening Gals. Here's what they recommend planting in October: http://www.gardeninggals.net.au/2014/10/gardening-in-perth-in-october-2/

gardeninggals.net.au

Hulk soup

So...we're well into July and A Very Foodly Diary's page is still here. I went to delete it as planned, but the almost-act of it made me feel physically ill.

Since my 'goodbye post' of 16 June, I've had offline conversations with people who have been disappointed to know that this little community was closing down. Because that's what it is: a community. I had forgotten that when we channel positivity and love through any medium, we connect with other positive, loving beings. I became so concerned about my own limitations (ie. my inability to commit to a self-imposed regime of regular updates) that I lost sight of this beautiful fact.

So what I'm saying is: I want to stay connected if you do.

While I can't commit to regular posts, my updates will be meaningful when I do post.

And I would like to invite you to contribute to this page, via mindful thoughts and links about the way we eat and live, in the hope that we can all grow our consciousness together.

In the simmering hate and fear that pervades so much this world right now, we need these little beacons of inspiration and kindness to move us toward a more generous, connected future. At least, I know I do.

So I won't be deleting this page after all.

To begin to make it up to you for my false alarm, here's a link to my latest blog post -- Hulk soup: http://wp.me/pFjbg-1G6

Thanks for sticking with me, and I hope to see you here again very soon :)

averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com It’s quick to make — around 20 minutes from start to finish. And it’s green. That’s why it’s called Hulk soup, after the Incredible Hulk. Until I named my broccoli sou…

A page to love: Food is Free Project.
For wonderful, inspiring posts about how we can all eat and live better.

I was given many wonderful plants for free from a very nice person, so now I'm giving them to my neighbors. Thank you!

A page to love: Hashem Al-Ghaili.
Because the cutting edge can be beautiful.

Exercising after learning improves your memory.

Read More: http://bit.ly/1tBJwSi
Research Papers: http://bit.ly/1W5BhZj - http://1.usa.gov/23ihfvL

Food is Free Project

A page to love: Food is Free Project.
I'm thankful for this post which, as well as being awesome, opened my world to more cool people & info.
> Check out David Holmgren's "Retrofitting the Suburbs for Sustainability" talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Qf5wHOQCE

"Imagine using your immediately available space to provide for your family’s needs, in a way that creates community, more family time, happier humans, and far less impact on the planet, and its atmosphere.

All the while placing you in a far better position to adapt to future changes of all kinds, from crazy weather to economic slowdown, than in an ordinary suburban street.

Would you want to create that kind of street?"

Via Milkwood

A Very Foodly Diary

I have some news: while I will keep food blogging via A Very Foodly Diary, I'll be closing this page at the end of the month.
This means you have just over two weeks to trawl through the archived fb posts and bookmark the links you like.
I will also post links to my top 'to follow' fb pages/groups before I close the page.
Thanks so much for liking and following (some of you have been with me since A Foodly Affair's inception!), I just don't have the time to maintain it and keep up with my writing.
With love and light,
Hannah.

averyfoodlydiary.wordpress.com Eat mindfully. Love thy food.

Over Grow The System

With the recent contention around hen treatment and egg quality, there has been no better time to keep your own free-range chickens--and if you can't keep your own, find someone local who does and pay them for your egg supply. When you have happy chickens, the eggs are amazing :)

"How to keep chickens. Chicken house design with composting chickens. Learn how to keep happy healthy hens and chickens in your backyard. This video presents, in detail, the idea of deep bedding under chickens. The hens turn the compost and produce amazing fertility and even better eggs. We have been using this system at Atitlan Organics for many years and always have happy healthy hens and ridiculously amazing huevos!"

Composting Chickens: Chicken house design and management (Hilarious & Educational!)

Women Who Farm

First post in a while and it's a biggie! I'm a huge fan of Vandana Shiva and her work. Such an inspirational human, speaking a truth I hope the world heeds.

Biodiverse ecological agriculture in women's hands is a solution not just to the malnutrition crisis, but also the climate crisis.

Vandana Shiva : Women and Biodiversity Feed the World, Not Corporations and GMOs - Women Who Farm

Food is Free Project

It was a privilege and a delight to spend this morning planting marigolds and starting worm farms with my littlest one's kindergarten class. The enthusiasm and joy from those three and four-year olds made my heart smile; a good reminder that you're never too young or too old to benefit from a day in the garden!

"Just as with learning to walk, children learn best by doing rather than by watching. Gardening with kids is filled with exploration, education, and fun, allowing them to experience things firsthand and participate in active learning. Working in a garden inspires creativity, develops nurturing skills, and empowers kids to make choices, thus giving them a sense of pride in their accomplishments."

Kids’ Gardening : Cultivating Food and Life Lessons - Free Range Child

I'm fairly sure that my next few days will leave me without much time to post...so here's a pretty picture from my garden! Have a fabulous Friday :)

Throwaway culture can include friendships, researcher says

"Throwaway culture can include friendships"--http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160222144332.htm

sciencedaily.com Are your BFFs as disposable as your razors? According to a new study, the mindset that objects are disposable extends to social ties.

One conscious act can inspire many more.

Planting my first front yard garden I made plenty of mistakes, but out in the front yard I started connecting with others. One neighbor told me that just walking past the garden and seeing it grow inspired her to start her first garden and now she's gotten her friends growing their first homegrown broccoli. Behold the power of the ripple effect!

Start a Food is Free Project on your street. It all starts with that first garden. Check out our guide and resources at http://foodisfreeproject.org/resources

Food is Free Project

New app helps you to identify plants. What a great resource for foragers!

Before you pull a w**d, learn what it is! It may be edible or medicinal. :) Food is often growing much closer than we think. No solution is perfect and we also recommend facebook groups or forums to get advice from others. Or stroll down to your local community garden and ask questions. Our learning curve is much quicker when we connect and share.

Beautiful idea.

This is great.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/04/smallbusiness/pencils-sprout-plants/

High-cholesterol diet, eating eggs do not increase risk of heart attack, not even in persons...

Finnish study finds "a high intake of dietary cholesterol was not associated with the risk of incident coronary heart disease": https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160211083044.htm

sciencedaily.com A new study shows that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of incident coronary heart disease. Furthermore, no association was found among those with the APOE4 phenotype, which affects cholesterol metabolism and is co…

Stop- It's Not Just a W**d! It's One of the Most Unrecognized Health-Boosting Plants...

I'm starting this week with an edible w**d: purslane. http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/13270-unrecognized-health-boosting-plant.html/?c=sfm I've been slipping purslane into salads & cultivating it for chicken feed since I noticed it popping up in our garden. Give it a go & it may become a regular feature in your meals too!

Thanks to Karen Bartz at Food Not Bombs - Fremantle for sharing the link!

eatlocalgrown.com Yes, it IS considered a common w**d to many. But it has more beneficial Omega 3 fatty acids than many fish oils and one of the highest levels of vitamin A among all leafy green vegetables!

16 Kitchen Scraps That You Can Re-grow

Recycle your kitchen scraps! It's a great way to save money & it gives little people an appreciation for how their food grows: http://www.goodshomedesign.com/16-kitchen-scraps-that-you-can-re-grow/
via Repurposed Recycled Reused Reclaimed Restored

www.goodshomedesign.com All of us want to be able to have fresh fruit and vegetable at our disposal when working in the kitchen, preparing a delicious meal. The truth is you can have your veggies and eat them too! There are a number of plants which you can throw away after eating, not knowing they can be re-grown in the mo…

Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme abuse

New research shows that refined sugar has similar debilitating effects on the brain as trauma:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sugar-may-be-as-damaging-to-the-brain-as-extreme-abuse-a6876896.html

independent.co.uk We all know that cola and lemonade aren’t great for our waistline or our dental health, but our new study on rats has shed light on just how much damage sugary drinks can also do to our brain. The changes we observed to the region of the brain that controls emotional behaviour and cogniti…