Garlic Roasted Radishes
Garlic Roasted Radishes This is an easy roast recipe that'll take away the bitter taste that we usually associate with these root veg, try it for yourself and see how [...]
Radishes in the garden
Watching the Seed Grow As many of you will know, over the last few years we have been running farm and workshops at the farm, to help inspire the community [...]
More Green Connect News March 2021
Hi, Two quick things to add to my update last week… Second Time Around sale this weekend I am really excited about the Second Time Around sale being held THIS [...]
Green Connect News March 2021
Hi, I met someone recently who pointed out to me that anyone can fall in to poverty. It only takes a couple of things to collapse – a relationship, a job, physical [...]
Goma Ai Shingiku – Sesame and Chrysanthemum Greens
Goma Ai Shingiku - Sesame and Chrysanthemum Greens Ingredients 1 bunch of chrysanthemum greens, stems and leaves 2 teaspoons sesame seeds 2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar Method [...]
Luscious Leeks
Luscious Leeks At our urban farm, we do seasonal veg. This means that there are many types of veg that come and go throughout the year and we follow this [...]
Volunteering at Green Connect’s op shop: “You just never know what you’re going to find”
Diane De Rooy is a volunteer at the Green Connect office and op shop. She spoke to us about how she ended up in the role she loves and the [...]
Bok choy fried rice
Bok choy fried rice - serves 4 Ingredients 2 Cups Brown Rice, cooked 2 Eggs, beaten 450 grams Bok Choy, washed and chopped 1/2 Cup Carrots, diced 1/2 Cup Red Onions, diced 1/2 [...]
Morning tea at the farm
Join us to experience the magic of the Green Connect farm and touch the soil where your veggies are grown. For those of you who joined us for our farm [...]
Sweet Potato leaves salad
Sweet Potato Leaves Salad Recipe - Serves 2 Ingredients 1 large bunch sweet potato leaves stems removed and cleaned 3 pieces medium tomatoes sliced 1 thumb ginger shredded 1 medium red onion sliced 6 tablespoons sugar cane vinegar (or other vinegar) [...]
Eating ‘root to leaf’
Eating ‘root to leaf’ In summer, we grow sweet potatoes throughout our food forest. Anyone who has seen the sweet potato plant grow will know that the tubers grow under [...]
Green Connect News February 2021
Hi, Happy lunar new year! And happy new year in general. At Green Connect we have celebrated an award and a donation or two, thrown together a video tour of [...]
Carrot Bread
Carrot bread Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon nutmeg 2 ½ cups carrots grated 3 eggs ¾ cup vegetable oil ¼ cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla ¾ cup walnuts chopped Method Preheat oven to 350˚F. Line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment [...]
Rain, Hail or Shine
Rain, Hail or Shine When we have weeks of rain, like the one we’ve just had, people often ask me: what do you do when it rains? The answer is… [...]
Spanakopita with Silver beet
Spanakopita - Serves 4 Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 medium brown onions, chopped 2 clove garlic, chopped 1 bunch (1 kilogram) silver beet, trimmed, leaves shredded 200 gram feta [...]
Why Green Connect fair food
Why Green Connect Fair Food We have been doing a lot of talking lately about how to increase our veg box numbers so that we can fully sustain what we [...]
Roast Carrot and Fennel
Roast Carrot and Fennel Ingredients 1 bunch carrot, peeled, cut into lengths 3 baby fennel bulbs 1 large red onion, cut into 1/2-inch wedges 1 medium lemon, thinly sliced 1/4 [...]
A Taste of Florence
A Taste of Florence When we started growing Fennel and including it in our boxes, our customers where a bit unsure of this weird looking, liquorish smelling fluorescent white bulb. [...]
Homemade Kimchi Recipe
Homemade Kimchi Recipe - Makes around 1 Litre Ingredients 1 medium head Chinese cabbage 1/4 cup Himalayan or Celtic sea salt 1/2 cup water 5 to 6 finely chopped garlic [...]
Discovering Perilla
Discovering New and Exciting Things One of the pieces of feedback we love hearing from our community, is how our veg boxes introduce people to veggies that they have never [...]
Roast chicken and fennel with mashed potato
Roast chicken and fennel with mashed potato Ingredients Roast chicken and fennel: 8 skin-on chicken thighs 1 teaspoon neutral cooking oil 1 yellow onion peeled and diced 1 fennel bulb cored and sliced, fronds reserved 1 pint cherry tomatoes halved [...]
Cory’s journey
Meeting Cory One of the great privileges of managing the Green Connect farm is being able to witness people we work with finding their feet and growing as workers and [...]
Beetroot Risotto
Vegan Beetroot Risotto - Serves 2/3 Ingredients 3 medium sized beetroots 40 ml / 2½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for grilling ¾ tsp salt, more to taste [...]
Basil-mania
Basil-mania Growing food without chemical means that we have to get a bit creative with how we manage weeds, fungal diseases, soil fertility, and pests. One of the ways we [...]
Moroccan Carrots
Moroccan Carrots Ingredients 5 cups peeled and chopped carrots 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt ¼ cup red wine vinegar ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons ground [...]