Category: Gung Hoe Growers

Reflections and a New Era for the Dirty Hoes
Stepping into a new era of Gung Hoe by planting the 8th garlic, without Sas. Mel reflects.
A lesson in mutual flourishing
Learning to grow food regeneratively involves much more than compost and green manure. Interning with Gung Hoe has prompted reflection on the relationships intertwined with this place and they mean for how we grow food.

Garlic ~ Its that time again!
We’ve got our seventh crop of garlic safely out of the ground before the next big rain (PHEW!!)  It was touch and go this year as to how the crop was going to […]

Hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground
I was bought up in neither a farming nor a religious family. I grew up surrounded by bush and river, barefoot and free to explore the world. I spent a […]

Community Supported Agriculture- 12 Months of Veggies
After six years of growing, picking and providing mixed veggie boxes to our community, the Gung Hoes are ready to take a deep dive and trial a new model of Community Supported Agriculture…The 12 Month Veg Box Subscription. This offers a unique opportunity for both us as the grower and you as the eater. Read…
For the month of May and beyond!
About our boxes in may and the exciting possibilities to work with us to grow your food for a whole year!

Learning True Value
Learning True Value The topic of ‘value and values’ is something that Mel and I talk about and try to wrap our heads and hearts around on a daily basis. […]

Autumn Veg and Salad Mix Subscriptions!
Autumn Veg and Salad Mix Subscriptions! Autumn Veg Subscriptions are now available! Our sold out summer round of veggie boxes is finishing this week and so its time to launch […]

An Ode to the Land and HOFC
An attempt to share some of my experience as an intern with Gung Hoe Growers for the last 6 months.

Veggie Box Subscriptions – now available
Gung Hoe Growers are launching their 2021 CSA Veggie Box Subscriptions, starting with a 5 week summer box subscription.Boxes will include a selection of leafy greens(kale, silverbeet), alliums (spring onions, […]

A Speck Circling the Sun
This week Sas gives an update on the Spring goings on for the Dirty Hoes. Planting, mulching, composting, garlic, bush foods, cake, laughs and veggie boxes to come…

garlic…gARlic… GARLIC!!!
Gung Hoes sixth crop of organic garlic has been dug, cured, plaited and is now available for order.

Change is what we’re looking for.
The whole world needs change It’s bigger than they think It doesn’t matter, Though it seems to. Nothing changes Unless we do. Nothing changes Until we choose to. It doesn’t […]

Shakin’ It Up
Learning how to change for the better this week Mel briefly talks about the new routine and costumes!

Everything is blooming most recklessly…
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.… Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. – Rainer Maria Rilke –

Growing For the Murnong Mummas Kitchen
This week for the Gung Hoe Growers blog Ira has taken the spotlight. We are working with Ira, Aunty Julie and Melinda Harper to transform one of our plots into bush foods. This project is super close to our hearts and we are beyond excited to be working with such wisdom and wonderful, strong people.…

A new chapter begins
A new chapter is starting next week at Gung Hoe Growers with the begining of their first ever internship. This weeks blog is written by Ruby, the intern to be.

Veggies are Joyful!
This month we’ve asked one of our long time dedicated volunteers, Abigail to share some words from her perspecitve about how volunteering with Gung Hoe is for her. Almost every […]

Winter Veggies
We just wanted to take a moment to update everyone on the comings and goings of the last few months and those to come. Firstly many people have been asking […]

Planning Times and Carpets of the Mind
It’s all about planning times and carpets of the mind. How important is it to be well of mind and body…plus some great pics of the dream team!


















