by Mara | May 23, 2021 | In the kitchen
Family pasta and lunch event with pizzica folk dancing This photo captures a feeling…the very feeling that brought me here. A feeling of deep satisfaction and warmth. The same emotion I first felt 20 years ago when together with Lise and Sam two of my closest...
by Mara | Apr 19, 2021 | In the kitchen, Preserving
Preserving class Sunday 20th of June 2pm to 6pm at ORTO Farm, Blampied. I love foraging, I love growing and I want to make the very most of what I find and what I grow. Preserving for beginners offers all the skills needed to preserve the taste of summer, the cool of...
by Mara | Mar 22, 2021 | Harvests, In the kitchen
Lard and charcoal soap After five years of making soap I started to get that lovely feeling I get when I know that I have cultivated enough soap making skills to share those skills. This year I launched our first soap making classes. In each class we make two bars of...
by Mara | Feb 22, 2021 | In the Garden, In the kitchen
Our wetland in Autumn Every year we host a tour or two, to talk with you about all that we have done, all that we have learned. Our home and farm stay are built from straw. Our land had not a single tree and now it has many. A wetland we made with hundreds of aquatic...
by Mara | Feb 14, 2021 | In the kitchen
Sunday 21st February 3-6pm at ORTO Farm Blampied, just outside of Daylesford. Using traditional soap making skills, it is possible to make a years’ worth of soap in just one day. We will make two batches of soap: One using plant based oils and the other using lard....
