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Is this the world's ugliest but yummiest fruit?

Submitted on Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 01:29

At the farmstay we’ve just harvested most of the fruits from our Japanese Raisin tree…talk about delicious! Though it looks all shrivelled up and gnarled and like nothing you’d want to eat, the fruit tastes like a mix of pear, apples and raisins and is deliciously sweet. The little round balls contain the seed, so you don’t eat those, but you do eat the little twisty bits. Yumalicious!

These farmstay cows are not for eating

Submitted on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 12:03

Meet Kiarah, Snowball, Mickey, Fun Factory and Mudcake, some of our miniature galloway cattle who are gentle, inquisitive, gorgeous, hardy and super cute. In return for farmstay lawn-mowing duties and manure for the vegetable garden, they get lots of pats!

Photos from the farmstay from the last few weeks

Submitted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 11:52

We are so lucky that through our lives we get to meet so many wonderful people from Australia and around the world. The last few weeks we've had some great farmstay guests, bus tour visitors, and a very special couple of wwoofers (willing workers on organic farms). Louisa and Emily came into our lives from the UK, and it was like they were instant family.

Please don't stick a sword in our goat's milk soap!

Submitted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 05:04

What a great day on Saturday over at Gloucester. We had our market stall selling our farm-made balms and soaps at the Shakespeare on Avon Festival. The sun was shining and the crowd was entertained by a jousting troupe from the Kingdom of Lochac...otherwise known as "The Society for Creative Anachronism". Talk about getting back to basics, these fans of the olden days even make their own costumes! Gloucester's Shakespeare Festival is an annual event, so hope to see you there next year.

Honeycomb Valley Farm is now on Facebook - what will the animals think!?!

Submitted on Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 10:09

Uh oh, Honeycomb Valley Farm is now on facebook! If you'd like to "Friend" us, be our guest   Might be a fun place to pop up a couple of your farmstay visit photos, or if we've enjoyed your company on a bus group or at a farmers market, or have questions about our products or courses, we'd love to see you there.

Escaping queens, Kiwis, sugar vs smoke and barefoot beekeeping!

Submitted on Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 04:01

Had a lovely time with our Wwoofers (willing workers on organic farms) from New Zealand, Craig & Courtney, over the last week. We visited the hives to start getting the bees ready for winter, removing honey supers so they won’t have such big houses to keep warm during the winter months. (Bees need to keep the temperature in their hives quite high for the health of the colony/baby rearing, so a three or four storey drafty house doesn’t suit them as much as a snug one or two storey does!).

Headlines to Read about Peak Oil and Monsanto/Roundup...& Parenting

Submitted on Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 04:08

Hmmm…so why does a mention of Peak Oil and one of the biggest chemical companies in the world appear on a little farm blog? Because everything’s connected.

Handmad Emporium at Crescent Head NSW now offer our Goat’s Milk Soaps & Balms

Submitted on Friday, April 22, 2011 - 07:33

Was so lovely to head up to Crescent Head today near Kempsey to meet Robin Furner from HandMad Emporium. If you’re ever in this gorgeous beachside destination, definitely pop in to see her beautiful pottery pieces, jewellery and all sorts of cool handmade, organic and arty items. There are even beautiful handmade kites that Robin gave to the kids for a workout on the beach.

NSW Farmstays Give Kids Fun and Special Times

Submitted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 06:24

As a kid, I loved going to the country to visit our family friend's farms, but not many kids these days have relatives in the country, so that's why a farmstay comes in handy! It's a chance for children to pat and care for animals, try different herbs and plants, collect eggs and explore. Here are some pictures of the gorgeous Shay, one of our recent farmstay guests and some of the different things he experienced while he was with us on the farm.

Picking Pecans in NSW

Submitted on Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 08:58

Yum! Have just munched through our first harvest of pecans. We planted the pecans 3 years ago as part of the family orchard at the farmstay. One of the favourite goat’s milk ice creams we make is Honey & Pecan…so now we can finally add our own pecans to go with the honey and goat’s milk and egg yolks from the farm!

The pecans were lovely and large and easy to shell with our little nut cracker. Only one of the trees produced this year, but we’re pretty happy with that given the trees are so young.

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