Winter in the Kitchen Garden

and the Orchard

The Kitchen Garden and Orchard here on Mabellae Farm are where it all begins; we grow our herbs and botanicals alongside food for our family. Regenerative farming practices ensure that our plants are clean and nutrient-dense. I grow and then dry the herbs and botanicals right here on the farm.

Regenerative Farming

Research has shown that regeneratively managed crops contain higher levels of important nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants compared to conventionally managed crops.

A guide from Sustainable Table

Winter

Herbs + Spices

Ginger, coriander, dill, ginger, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary

Fruits

Apple*, avocado, cumquat, custard apple, feijoa, grapefruit, kiwi fruit, lemon, lime, mandarin*, nashi, orange*, pear*, persimmon, pineapple, quince, rhubarb, tamarillo, tangelo


Vegetables

Asian greens*, avocado, broccoli, broccolini, broad beans, brussels sprouts, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, cucumbers, eggplants, fennel, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, leek, mushrooms, okra, onion, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radish, shallot, silverbeet, spinach, spring onion, swede, sweet potato, turnip

Autumn varieties


Apple* aba, bonza, braeburn, cox’s orange pippins, fuji, gala, golden delicious, granny smith, jonagold, jonathan, mutso, pink lady, red delicious, snow, sundowner, artichoke* jerusalem, asian greens* bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wombok, beans* borlotti, butter, green, mandarin* imperial, mushrooms* field, pine, slippery jacks, orange* navel, valencia, pear* beurre bosc, howell, josephine, packham, red sensation, williams

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A group of ducks on grassy ground, including a male with a dark green head and brown chest, and three female ducks with light brown and black streaked feathers.
Two wooden crates filled with red and green apples sitting on a table in front of a metal door.
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WHAT IS A STILL ROOM?

The Still Room is a distillery room found in most large houses throughout Europe dating back to at least 1710. The Still Room was a working room: part science lab, part infirmary and part kitchen.  

Originally, the use of the Still Room was to prepare herbs and flowers from the kitchen garden and surrounding countryside. Here, they were preserved for creating medicines and home cleaning products and processed into what today, we call essential oils they were then infused, distilled or brewed as required to make cosmetics, ointments, soaps, furniture polish and other household items.


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We acknowledge and pay respect to them, their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging.