INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE – Reflections on food

When I think about what food means to me, my family and my Elders, food is life. It’s the conversation around the table. I started learning to cook at eight with my Aunty Rose. Everyone helped, even the little ones. We peeled potatoes, sliced carrots, washed up in turns. The boys cut the pumpkins. Everyone did something.

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PIP PARTNER – Raw Fibre

Ethical & timeless RAW FIBRE www.rawfibre.com.au

Championing quality, longevity and ethical production, Raw Fibre is a northern-NSW boutique focused on clothing and homewares made from natural materials.

When Tracy Wright opened Raw Fibre in Armidale, she drew on years of working with textiles, teaching, sewing and raising a family on the Northern Tablelands. Her experience – from growing up on a livestock and cropping property to working in the cotton industry and teaching Textiles and Design – highlighted the importance of fibre choices and the lack of timeless, well-made pieces locally.

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IN THE GARDEN – August – November 2025

The moon’s phases and its associated gravitational pull has a significant effect on the behaviour of tidal oceans, so it’s easy to understand how the moon can have a similar effect on the moisture in our soils and plants. By planning what you sow to coincide with the phases of the moon best suited to the type of vegetable and how you’re planting, you’ll give yourself a higher chance of success as well as increase your yields.

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PIP PARTNER – Brindle Creek

Born from personal experience, Brindle Creek creates 100 percent natural sprays to protect against ticks, mozzies and stings all while supporting your skin’s natural microbiome.

In November 2022, founder David Bye experienced a bad reaction to a tick bite that set him on a path of research. What began as curiosity soon grew into hands-on testing, with David working alongside chemists on the Gold Coast to explore natural blends that could provide protection.

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KIDS PATCH – Create, find, learn & laugh

SHOW US YOUR GARDEN

Who Miranda (7)

Where Summer Garden, Stringybark Cottage, Summertown, South Australia

Describe your garden It’s lovely because it feels calm and peaceful. Whenever I go to check the chickens I see the sun shining and butterflies fluttering about.

What do you grow? We grow rhubarb, celery, spring onions, limes, lemons, pears, peaches, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, sunflowers and lots more.

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IN THE GARDEN – November – February 2026

The moon’s phases and its associated gravitational pull has a significant effect on the behaviour of tidal oceans, so it’s easy to understand how the moon can have a similar effect on the moisture in our soils and plants. By planning what you sow to coincide with the phases of the moon best suited to the type of vegetable and how you’re planting, you’ll give yourself a higher chance of success as well as increase your yields.

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SAVE YOUR SEEDS – Cape Gooseberry

Physalis peruviana – from the Greek physalis for ‘bladder’, referring to the shape of the fruit’s outer casing. A straggling bush up to one metre tall that bears bright yellow fruits inside a crisp envelope, which is the calyx. It is perennial and can tolerate some frost. In India it is called Jam Fruit.

A favourite among children, cape gooseberry is also called Chinese lantern. It obtained its common name because it was introduced to Australia from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. There are several relatives such as tomatillo, ground cherry and husk tomato.

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