Cabin Garden

Lemon – Balm

Posted November 5, 2019November 2, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Orchard, Recipe, Vegetable Garden

At Permaculture Sydney West Seed Savers recently we were discussing the value of knowing the herbs in your garden and […]

Worm Tower

Posted September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

We are passionately supportive of composting and have tried many methods at our home in Sydney. Initially we had large […]

Lavender

Posted August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

This is one of my favourite herbs in my Sydney garden, the flowers are beautifully scented and have so many […]

Pied Butcher Bird

Posted August 15, 2019August 11, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

So we suspect Bob’s been feeding this little guy for some time, he’s a constant companion as we’re working around […]

Hakea “Burrendong Beauty”

Posted June 25, 2019June 24, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening - Natives

Flowering in the cabin garden currently is the Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty‘, a member of the Proteaceae family. It has prolific […]

Firewood and Firewood Shed

Posted June 18, 2019June 16, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

So happy to see the firewood shed complete and ready to go! It’s been a long time coming, but Bob […]

Grevillea Carpet Queen

Posted May 9, 2019May 8, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat

Anyone who has followed our site for a while would know the challenges, we’ve faced planting new natives at Booyong. […]

Paw Paw

Posted April 4, 2019March 30, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

I dream of making paw paw and mango salad from fruit on the farm. Unlike other fruit trees the paw […]

Tropical Soda Bush – Weed

Posted February 21, 2019February 17, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening - Natives, Weeds

With the assistance of Bob who has lived in Queensland, we were recently able to identify the Tropical Soda Bush […]

Grevillea Moonlight

Posted February 19, 2019February 17, 2019 Booyong ConservationPosted in Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening - Natives

Surrounding the main dam edge, we have planted some large grevilleas. Our intention is to invite the larger birds to […]