Those familiar with Permaculture will know of a man called David Holmgren: http://www.holmgren.com.au David, along with Bill Mollison (another well known name in Permaculture circles) co-originated the concept of Permaculture back in the 70s. David and Su (his partner), and their son Oliver live and work at their beautiful homestead in Hepburn Springs near Daylesford. It’s about an hour and a half’s drive NW from Melbourne. It’s sOOoo gorgeous here. David, Su and Oliver have been extremely welcoming, and we pretty much felt like we were part of the family from day one. Their place is spectacular, as you would imagine to be. Nearly all of the food consumed here comes from the land. The fruit, veggies, nuts, meat, corn, goats cheese, honey, herbs, tea etc.. apart from they buy their wheat grain and a few
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