This 1.5 hr tour is perfect for anyone who wants to build a passive solar home & permaculture garden, includes a welcome platter & drinks. Join me! The ticket price is for two people (children 18 and under are free). Purchase multiple tickets for larger groups. Call me on 0487, 063 745 or email me, […]
I'm launching a sourdough bread book! Woo hoo! It's called The Baker's Percentage. Join me for a tour of ORTO Farm, a Q & A session, grazing platter & drinks. Bring a small jar to take home a dollop of leaven, a bag to carry my new book & all your questions too. I can't […]
You will make & take home two loaves of bread. Orto Loaf & Chocolate Savoury Bread. Extremely important to arrive at 1pm & NO later 🙂 Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one or two. You don’t need to fit in with it, […]
What you will learn 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 winter and the red of autumn. This class is jam packed with […]
Soap making is a rare & very beautiful trade. What you will learn Learn to make beautiful handmade soap at home using readily available kitchen tools. And learn to extract essential oil and hydrosol from various plants through distillation. Class Detail We will make oil and hydrosol from seasonal plant material, either lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary, or some other […]
You will make & take home two loaves of bread. Orto Loaf & Chocolate Savoury Bread. Extremely important to arrive at 1pm & NO later 🙂 Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one or two. You don’t need to fit in with it, […]
You will make & take home two loaves of bread. Orto Loaf & Chocolate Savoury Bread. Extremely important to arrive at 1pm & NO later 🙂 Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one or two. You don’t need to fit in with it, […]
Salami is an extraordinary food with extraordinary flavour and is a superbly clever way to 'preserve' meat. It is quite fascinating really that salami is a fermented food in the way that kimchi, yogurt and cheese are. Meat is minced, mixed with salt, pepper, spices and delicious wine, then emulsified. The mince is packed tightly […]
Ah Vita Bella! - A Pasta Making & Italian Folk Song Event Come & learn how to make pasta at the beautiful ORTO Agriturismo Farm in Blampied. The day will start with a tour of ORTO Farm from 3pm-3:30pm, leading into an intimate performance of Italian Folk Songs, & culminating in a pasta making session […]
It's summer! Woooo hooooo! And the garden is bountiful once more! Soak yourself in its golden light as we harvest indigenous grasses, wildflowers and fragrant plant clippings to make a summer solstice wreath. You will take home a wreath made by you, using flowers and grasses of your choice grown here at ORTO Farm and […]