Blue Marble Farm

19/08/2026

It never gets old, prepping veggies for dinner you picked only moments earlier all from the garden. Will loss of nutrient density in today’s foods it is so important to eat organic and super fresh to ensure the highest nutrient levels as we can get. Why are we consuming more supplements than ever before? There seems to be a new supplement company entering the industry every few weeks or months, clearly there’s money to be made. But what if we invested more in healthy soils, healthy plants and healthy people. Yes, supplements have their place, but with many of them using or even containing petrochemicals there are draw backs.

07/08/2026

What’s been happening on the farm lately?
We have ticked off a goal that has been in the planning for a few years now.
A wood fire stove! Do I love it? Absolutely!!
It heats the entire home, boils the kettle cooks all our meals and is a huge hit with the dogs in the cold evenings. And don’t worry, we won’t be using it in Summer, that’s what our very small electric oven will be doing. In the meantime I’ll be happy to be using less electricity in the cooler months!

27/06/2026

Sonny is all set up at the Eungai sustainability expo!! Come say hello and grab all your fermenting, preserving and sourdough tools! Julie will be on the local food panel at 11.30am and giving a fermented food demo at 1.30pm. Don’t miss out on this great event!!

24/06/2026

We took time out for a family outing to see a great film to get people thinking about alternatives! The film maker hosted a great panel discussion after the screening as well. Without people asking big questions there will never be change. Thanks for your creation!!

10/05/2026

Turmeric harvest started this weekend. The house smells amazing, my fingers are stained a gorgeous yellow and the bench tops are covered with the harvest. We will slice, dehydrate and store ready to grind as needed. We will use it in cooking, teas and to make our own capsules. Growing this ourselves means no pollution from transportation, no sprays, no treatment on entering Australia, no adulterated products to water it down, and the satisfaction of digging gently in the ground to discover the treasures beneath!

04/05/2026

Soap all out of the moulds and drying. Six weeks and then they will be ready to use. This should last us 6-12months (depending on who is visiting 🤣)

02/05/2026

Preparations for soap making can seem like a long process. however, the more we can make ourselves the more confident we become and the more we know what is in the products we use. Have you ever tried to find a soap that does NOT contain titanium dioxide? This is something you do not want in any of your products nor foods! What does it do? It makes things whiter, however Google the related health concerns, including various bodies sighting it as a carcinogen and hormone disruptor and having been banned in food use in the EU and it’s enough to eliminate it in every form from your home. And in turn reduces the demand and therefore the supply and use.
We render our own tallow from our own butchering processes. For us this mean the use of a product that many see as waste and because it comes from our farm, we know that it’s organic. We then use this in our soap making. The soap is pretty white naturally. Unveiling video in our next post.

27/04/2026

Podcast release! What a privilege to be a guest on the Dannalorah naturopathy “students of natural health” podcast!! We nerd out together over herbs, natural health and healing!! What fun! Check it out here and leave a review to help it become more visible, the more people who hear about natural health the more mainstream we can make it! Bring back some old traditions!!

Podcast Episode · Students of Natural Health Podcast (by dannalorahdnaturopathy) · 26 April · 57min

26/04/2026

We make our own vinegar on a regular basis. We use it for our own health, in cooking, herbal remedies and for the health of our animals. Once a year we will swap out the apples for quinces, it’s a great way to use the peels and cores and any fruit that was insect affected or bruised. Because we always have one on the go we seem to always be bottling up a new batch. It is so empowering to take waste and create something so essential, and delicious. And, have you seen the price of apple cider vinegar!! And yet, It costs so little to make it’s crazy! The second image is the vinegar mother developing on the surface and the third image is the mother being gently removed before bottling. We will save it, share it and use some of it to kick start the next batch.

11/04/2026

Such a brilliant day presenting our Fermenting Food workshop for Odd Molly Macksville. Such a beautiful venue, fabulous people who attended, brilliant conversations, fun playing with and creating food! More people heading home today with bags of goodies they created, some great kombucha and jun scobys and new know-how to create and share their fermented foods with others!