The last harvest of the season + Frenemy Fire

Hello vegetable lovers!

The crew at Captain's Creek Organics are just about to harvest the last of the season's veggies: carrots, beets, cabbages, radishes, leeks, onions, silverbeet, and everybody's favourite: weird looking broccoli.

From 1pm to 5pm this coming Wednesday (August 7), at 16 Fourteenth Street Hepburn, you can come and take as many organic veggies as you'd like for a gold coin donation to HRN.

Please note the veggies will be picked on the day, and will be unwashed. Please bring your own boxes/bags.

Many thanks to Serge for growing the veggies, and to Jacques for co-ordinating the picking and sharing.

See you Wednesday arvo!

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Internationally renowned environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne is visiting Castlemaine while on tour in Australia. Professor Pyne will be giving a talk at Phee Broadway Theatre on

Thursday 8th August 

6.30pm - 8.30pm

Entitled 'Frenemy Fire: the best of friends, the worst of enemies,' Stephen's talk will draw on his work on the history of fire in Australia and globally, along with his experience as a fire fighter, to discuss how we can best live with fire as a friend, not just an enemy.

Stephen is one of the first authors to explore fire stick farming (indigenous use of fire for shaping the land). Stephen’s stories weave together fire science, fire history and cultures of fire across the ages and across the globe.

This event will provide practical ways that people living in central Victoria can understand fire management as it relates to them.

Stephen is Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University, and a much sought after speaker on fire. You can catch watch his TED Talk for a preview.

    You can book tickets at: www.trybooking.com/BEHPH

    Tickets are $12 or $10 (concession and Fryerstown residents).

    Light supper is included.

    Look forward to seeing you there.

Introducing Wild Fennel: Hepburn Herbal Group

Rosie Cooper is mad about plants. She forages them, she grows them, she drinks them, she eats them, she infuses them and she decocts them.

As of this coming spring, Rosie Cooper, practicing herbalist from Rare Beauty Botanicals in Guildford, will be facilitating a free monthly herbal group where participants will be taught to make their own tinctures, teas, oils, balms, infusions, love potions, herbal first aid kits, flower essences and herbal honey remedies.

Are you as excited about this as we are?! To kick things off Wild Fennel is hosting a potluck dinner where we will decide where and when to meet on a regular basis, and what we'd like to learn from Rosie during the first gathering, come springtime.

The details of the dinner are:
Friday August 23
6.30pm - 8.30pm
6 Tierneys Lane, Daylesford
BYO dish to share for dinner (with as many local ingredients as possible) plus a plate & cutlery.
No need to RSVP, just come along.
Please note this is a waste free event so no single use plastic please.

Hope to see you there!

Let's make mead

This is a watch and learn workshop.
No bookings required - just rock up on the day.
This is a free event - everyone is welcome.
See you there! 

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Olive curing

This is a watch and learn workshop.
No bookings required - just rock up on the day.
This is a free event - everyone is welcome.
See you there!

Community immunity wrap up

There was not a sneeze or a cough in sight at the last Culture Club, as we chopped, poured, stirred and tasted a variety of health giving immune boosting ferments. Mara Ripani, thank you for coming to share your black garlic recipe and for taking these beautiful photographs.

Community immunity, community repair

This is a watch and learn workshop. No bookings required. Just rock up on the day.

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So your toaster isn't working, your duffel coat has lost a button, your bike needs new brake cables and your pocket knife is blunt. Have you heard about the Daylesford Repair Café? It's on the third Sunday of each month from 1pm till 4pm at the pavilion at Victoria Park in Daylesford. Come along and bring your items that need mending. There will be tea, coffee and cakes to be enjoyed too. Email daylesfordrepaircafe@gmail.com for more info. See ya there!

Community Krauting Day wrap up

And it's a wrap!

Thank you to the cabbages, thank you to Edward + Serge for growing them. Thank you to the soil, the sun +  earth, thank you to the salt, the wild microbes, the jars and the crocks. Thank you to the 40 people who came along to share, laugh, pound and squeeze. Thank you to Mara Ripani for catching the tail end of the day with her signature beautiful photos, and to Blackwood Ulman Jones for the video at the end of this post (that you'll need to click through to the blog to see (if you are reading this in your inbox)).

2019 Community Krauting Day

We are excited to once again be partnering with Serge from Blampied's Captain's Creek Organic Farm who is growing us cabbages especially for the day. If you don't have any own homegrown cabbages to bring along, you can pre-order your cabbages which will be freshly picked for the krauting day.


Cabbages are $3 each. Please email how many you would like to daylesfordcultureclub@gmail.com by Saturday April 27. Please bring exact change on the day.

Please bring along:

Ingredients

• one or more cabbages (if you are bringing your own)
• salt (non-iodised is best)
• optional: onion, garlic, chili, spices (coriander, fennel, star anise, caraway etc) 

Utensils

• large bowl (preferably stainless steel) for pounding into
• pounding tool - eg. pestle or potato masher
• grater
• large chopping knife
• chopping board
• wide mouthed jars or crock - size depends on quantity of ingredients you want to make up. About 1 litre is a good size to start with.

If you have any questions please call Meg on 0418 523 308.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!!

Please remember all HRN events are waste-free. No single-use plastic please, including disposable coffee cups.

Vim, Vigour, Vinegar

No need to book - just rock up. And no need to bring anything - simply come along to learn about and sample delicious and potent culinary and medicinal vinegars.

A celebration of the humble apple

This is a hands-off watch and learn workshop. No need to book, just come along.