A Paradise of food species from all over, Bamboos, Kayaking, fermenting, wicking beds, hands on with the sheep, the soil and the plants, these are just some of the things awaiting you when you come to Bucca Haven, our 5 acres of on going, developing organic food forest. We have almost 50 bamboo clumps, all mature & provide endless mulch, shade & timber material for all sorts of projects. It is called the thinking mans timber. We grow an abundant and varied amount of food plants all year round, we can use anything from 10 to 30 different species in our green salad, none of which is lettuce! (Providing the sheep haven’t got to them first) We have a number of different species of food plants from across the sub tropical regions of the earth, & are always on the lookout for more variety. We enjoy a sunny, warm to hot climate, 20c to 38c except in winter which for us in June thru to Sept which could be as low as 7c overnight to 27c daily & anything in between. We love good food, healthy food, home grown food. So if you like to cook, great! When the dam is full, it is our swimming hole. When the dam is low, we go 6k to the Kolan River for a cool swim, or Kayak. We are 31km from Bundaberg & 27 km from Gin Gin. I can collect you from either town if you do not have your own transport. I am a Bible believer in my mid 60’s, still active, always learning, gardening, crafting, sewing, swimming, kayaking & socialising. But I need you to speak English as I don’t have any other language. If you can read English too that is even better.
To share what we have learned about living in harmony with our earth & the joy of living an organic lifestyle.
There is no point in learning if it cannot be shared.
Organic/Biological methods we use
We use weed tea or other organic liquid fertilisers for the garden, cow, sheep, or chicken manure, mulch, woodchips, Bana grass and bamboo leaves, ash & any organic material we can get our hands on to go through the shredder, mainly palm leaves.
Wood chips & dump mulch are seasoned in piles until needed, then added to the mix. We use a tractor for this work.
Worms , worm feeding buckets, wicking beds, bathtub bogs, chop & drop methods, heavy & deep mulching, pit gardening, hugel lines, the burying of timber to grow on top, & cover crops. These are the areas of interest on our hobby farm.
