instagram:Growing Food with Love and Integrity with @foxslane For more of Kate’s photos at D
instagram: Growing Food with Love and Integrity with @foxslane For more of Kate’s photos at Daylesford Organics, follow @foxslane on Instagram. Before Kate Ulman (@foxslane) began farming, she spent her time rallying at protests. “At one point I realized that I was exhausted from all the fighting and wanted to create something positive instead,” Kate says. “And what could be more positive than growing food with love and integrity?” That was 15 years ago. She learned on the job and now runs her small farm Daylesford Organics outside Melbourne, Australia, with her partner Bren. “Farming is definitely hard work, but I can’t imagine doing anything else.” Kate lives on the farm with Bren; their three daughters Indigo, Jarrah and Pepper; and two dogs Jo-Jo and Banjo. With this small crew, they manage to grow vegetables, raise chickens and maintain eight beehives, thousands of fruit and nut trees and a forest – and they work together as much as possible. “I love that our girls are growing up knowing about the seasons and how to preserve the harvest by living with them,” she says. “They understand that we don’t eat tomatoes in winter and they each have their own bee suit and tools.” In the future, she hopes to host events and workshops on the farm. “I want to pass on our passions and our knowledge,” she says. “And I like to think that we’ll live here forever.” -- source link
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