We chatted with Vanessa Murillo co-founder of I Am Grounded, who make Coffee Fruit Bars. Tell us about your Coffee Fruit Bars: Coffee Fruit Bars are healthy plant-based snack bars made with upcycled coffee fruit. Our products are handmade in Brisbane at Wandering Cooks and distributed around QLD and Australia. What flavours are available? Currently, we have three … [Read more...] about Interview with Vanessa Murillo from the Coffee Fruit Bar
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5 Aussie Fruits to Try This Summer
The team at Brisbanista have gotten together to decide our top 5 fruits to try this summer: 1. Durian Guest vloggers, The Challenge Lads: 2. Lychee Hands up if you love lychees? They are very hard to grow and find fresh, but lychees are super delicious. I love having this fruit with ice cream when out at a restaurant. 3. Carambola Carambola is also known as start or 5 … [Read more...] about 5 Aussie Fruits to Try This Summer
Interview with Domenico Casagrande from Megafresh
We chatted with Domenico Casagrande from Megafresh after being crowned the 2018 Brisbane Produce Market Annual Charity Mango King for his winning bid of $13,000 for the season’s symbolic first tray of mangoes. What motivated you to bid on this season's first tray of mangoes? There was no intention to bid until the auction actually started. With all the hype of the mango … [Read more...] about Interview with Domenico Casagrande from Megafresh
The Essential List of Gardening charts for Australia
To get motivated and organised in the vegetable patch it helps to have a gardening chart. You might call these growing guides or calendars. Start your vegetable patch with good intentions and hopefully you will be blessed with an abundance of yummy fresh organic produce. The Diggers Club The Diggers Club Sow What When poster - This full-colour poster displays over 60 … [Read more...] about The Essential List of Gardening charts for Australia
Getting started growing Bananas in Queensland
Here is some of the information I discovered while researching how to go about growing bananas in your backyard for Brisbane and Queensland. Bananas require full sunlight for most of the day. They do best is a sheltered area where the roots will not become flooded. The best time to plant them is from September to mid-December. Bananas require generous amounts of plant nutrients … [Read more...] about Getting started growing Bananas in Queensland