Barry’s Blog

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Almost 18 Months Later

I’ve always be drawn to objects that have rustic beauty, simple elegance, good design and authenticity! (That’s why I married my wife … only joking of course)! So … it seemed natural when designing and stocking our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN, to enlist the help of my gorgeous wife, good brother from Dog Dragon, […]

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Rosie’s Botanical Drawings

We thought it would be fitting to use hand made paper in our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN … and enlist the help of my niece, Rosie, (who has a degree in fine arts) to design these beautiful botanical drawings for our menus. They depict much of our Product range, including star anise, long pepper, […]

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Steel Cut Grain Roller

Occasionally I come across a device that impresses me with its simplicity and functionality … and this German made steel cut grain roller was one of them. So I bought two and hand roll all our organic grains for our cinnamon nut granola & winter porridge. Our customers can enjoy a bowl for breakfast every […]

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We Feel Blessed

After 35 years of developing the Beach Organics HQ we feel blessed to have amassed a vast array of fresh organic produce and flavours our customers can now enjoy at our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN.Our edible gardens are now spread over two and half thousand square metres and sit well into our 10 acre property.A […]

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Gado Gado

Beach Organics Gado Gado … our favourite Indonesian street food. Full of crunchy certified organic herbs and vegetables from our farm, in-house made peanut sauce, rojak … a delicious and healthy dipping sauce, our free range eggs, toasted tempeh, long pepper, krukups and our steamed new potatoes. Available tomorrow at our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN.

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600 Basil Seedlings

600 basil seedlings have been planted by hand on our certified organic permaculture farm (circa 1984) Pt Elliot … and we’re happy to say we’re now harvesting kg’s of fresh basil leaves per day. Now the natural thing to do is allow our customers to enjoy this amazing bounty. Voila … kg’s of pesto, using […]

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Coffee Project

Ten or so years ago I became interested in the Australian coffee industry and its social and environmental implications. We had our Traditional Farmers network well and truly established and some of our farming friends had coffee growing within their beautiful food forest farming systems. It seemed logical to “piggy back” their organically grown green […]

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Moving Meditation

It’s like a moving meditation. I like nothing more than wondering through our organic garden beds first thing in the morning looking for inspiration for our menu at PLANT 4 BOWDEN. With an abundance of baby leeks to be found, crunchy Asian greens and young kaffir lime leaves … I am thinking of braised leeks […]

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Contemporary Research & Turmeric

Contemporary research continually confirms ancient wisdom when it comes to the many health benefits of turmeric. After many years of interest in growing this plant we can now offer our customers an excellent selection of this amazing plant. Yellow turmeric, black turmeric, temu lewak (giant turmeric), white turmeric and our high potency 4 fold organic […]

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Yellow Turmeric

Our latest harvest of yellow turmeric …. Sliced and dehydrated in our dryer at low temperatures ensuring it retains its amazing flavour and reputed medicinal qualities. We use it regularly in our teas, blended with long pepper, ginger and temu lewak (giant turmeric). Pop it into a bowl of your favourite Asian style soup, or […]

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Good Farming / Fermentation

Businesses and individuals can make conscious efforts to be more environmentally sustainable. Agricultural practices are often less palatable than we think. They often strip minerals from the soil and destroy valuable habitats! Good farming practices which “enrobe” carbon and provide safe havens for bioremediation, abide by careful crop rotation practices, plant trees etc help expedite […]

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Busy Time of the Year!

A busy time of the year on our certified organic permaculture property! 800 organic basil and salad seedlings are ready for planting, thornless blackberries are providing us with bowls of luscious fruit for breakfast, asparagus picked, apples, quince, plums, apricots, nectarines, nashi, figs, olives, almonds, grapes, thornless blackberries etc netted against our native bird population. […]

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Poultry Forage System

Our poultry forage system at work …. We’ve re-introduced our “girls” to our certified organic permaculture property near Pt Elliot SA. They’re attending to all our weeding requirements, dealing with any undesirable pests, foraging through our “spent” broad bean patch, manuring and of course providing us with beautiful saffron yoked egg as on a daily […]

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Featuring A Few Specials

We’ve been busy of late preparing our garden beds for summer crops, travelling to the edge of the Nullabour looking at bush foods, receiving our latest harvest of Black Java tea, lemon grass, rosella flowers & long pepper directly from our Traditional Farmers network and working on menu ideas for our new Store at PLANT […]

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