Good Organic Gardening

FROM SOIL TO SUPPER

In Witta, near hilly Maleny in Queensland’s subtropical Sunshine Coast Region, lives a woman with a passion for organics and sharing the therapeutic benefits of gardening.

The property Cath Manuel shares with her family is around 200 acres with a kitchen garden area of 800m2. In her spare time Cath enjoys soaking up the sun at the beach, walking and running through bushland and coastal locations and dabbling in a bit of cooking. On the property she’s experiencing a new activity: managing a herd of cattle.

THOUGH SHE HOPES TO GROW MOST OF THEIR FRESH FOOD, FOR STARTERS SHE’S

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