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GROW Native FOODS

Locality: Tintenbar, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6687 9245

Address: Foresters Way 2479 Tintenbar, NSW, Australia

Website: http://grownativefoods.weebly.com

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25.01.2022 Are you looking forward to the return of the hot weather? Kambarang (second spring) is the Noongar season of birth and sees an abundance of colours and flowe...rs exploding around us. One of the most striking displays of flowers seen during this season is the "Mooja", or Australian Christmas Tree (nuytsia floribunda). The bright orange flowers are a signal the heat is on its way and longer dry periods accompany a definite warming trend. The yellows of acacias continue to abound, along with banksias and other smaller delicate flowering plants including kangaroo paws and orchids. Also during this time balgas will also start to flower especially if they've been burnt in the past year. October is the time of the year you'll most likely encounter a snake as the reptiles awaken from hibernation and look to make the most of the warm weather as they look for food. It's also a time many young families of birds will be singing out for their parents to feed them and koolbardies (magpies) will also be out protecting their nests and their babies. Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia. Bureau of Meteorology.

20.01.2022 Why Trees & Forests are so Important to Regenerative Agriculture.

18.01.2022 G’day gardeners , you probably have heard about the Citrus Gall Wasp and the potential impact it could cause, if left unmanaged to spread into our major citrus... growing areas. It has already become established in some of Perth’s suburbs and unfortunately some people are unaware of the signs. It’s not just lemons or oranges, native limes such as fingerlimes are also affected and are the natural host plant . For some more info check out this article from last year. https://www.google.com.au//s/amp.abc.net./article/10392028 See more

05.01.2022 Tickets are selling quickly for this opportunity to learn about native bees from Tim and local Rockhampton stingless beekeepers. $50 includes a full day workshop and 1-year membership to the Australian Native Bee Association. https://australiannativebee.org.au/event-3483507

04.01.2022 Honey extraction As the weather warms people are asking about extracting honey from their hives. Honey stores in stingless bee boxes are done in several ways.... 1. normal honey super - ‘mash and strain’ this is the way we extract from the majority of our hives. We do this early in the morning and lay freezer bricks on the super to push as many bees from the super as possible. We then puncture the honey pots and leave it upside down over a strainer to drain catching bees in the process. We replace our honey supers with clean ones every time we extract. With this method honey can only be extracted annually. There is some criticism concerning this method in particular, let’s address those. Kills many bees - not if you remove as many bees as possible before puncturing the honey pots and strain the honey as it drains from the super which catches the bees which can then be returned to the hive, most of you will then replace your super for the bees to recycle the material resulting in very minimal bee losses. Removing the super and placing it away from the hive does not lessen the number of bees it in fact increases the numbers as other bees from the area both native and euro come for an easy feed. Contamination - it’s said that the honey runs over where the bees walk resulting in contaminated honey. Let’s be honest, the bees walk inside of the honey pots when building and then a series of bees enter into the pots vomiting nectar so the inside of the pot is in our opinion just as contaminated as the outside . 2. Shallow frames known as Powell series supers - these are gaining in popularity and rightly so as they make honey extraction easier for everyone. Because it’s so shallow the bees are easy to remove and the whole structure can be cut out easily if required. Can only be extracted annually. 3. A small pot or jar accessed by the bees by a hole in the top of the hive. The simplicity in this method is perfect for those who only want a small amount of honey and can be refilled by the bees quicker than other methods and so can be extracted more often. 4. Plastic honey frames. This is a new innovation that allows the bees to build into frames which makes for easy extraction unfortunately though there is a high cost for the frames and as they only come in one size honey supers are required to be modified to fit, in our case loosing a substantial area for honey to be stored within the super and then there is the added cost of an extractor so these are not practical for your backyard bee keeper. If anyone has any experience in honey extraction feel free to share here.