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Hi Lovelies,  So where do we start with Rayner's? A local farm that we all know about but there is a lot more I believe we do need to get more closely acquainted with. This story I could not possibly rewrite, Len's struggle with small-scale farming 40 + years ago, and how farmers markets and direct sales with his customers turned it all around. It's real, honest, and an example how community is the life blood  for our precious small producers that can fall through the cracks next to larger, mass monoculture farming.In Len's words, Rayner's start...   In 1977 Heather and...

Hello lovely,I thought I would write and let you know about a wonderful Fill Good win, which  is your win too!With both Fill Good and Dr Planet I share many honest conversations with other stores and suppliers throughout my week.The trend at the moment is the further into Melbourne you go staples are selling well, treats and indulgences are slow. Business is overall, quiet.As you head further out this way, smaller stores are finally starting to feel like they are starting to get back to their pre-Covid buyer confidence.Here at Fill Good, we have a healthy and humble baseline, even with or without social...

Good morning my dear!Oh what a glorious one it is!I have been going thru a transition. Maybe it's the autumn going inwards, or processing the unsustainable habits and effects of 2020 or just 44 years going around the sun? Like all good work there has been toil and grace. It's even been exciting as I take  the time to truly explore what makes Chris tick and does not. How do I make room for me, Chris, woman and mother? For my rest and delight in a busy and robust world, work and family life? Why is this even a struggle and...

Yarra Valley Oils Hello legend!Let me share another sweet bit of magic that our dear Fill Good community conjures up for us all!You know how we all champion each other and are all shouting from the rooftops when we have another talent step up?Well hold on honeybunch, we have no less than our very own locally-sourced essential oil producer!Alison Hinshelwood and I met as school car park mammas. She loved Dr Planet and I loved her essential oil adventures. What a beautiful match, both of us passionate about reducing household chemicals for the health of our families and our great mother!  Alison's love of...

Hello there dear,How are you? I'm well. Going gently winding down to the ending of the school term, our farmers are coming to the end of their great harvests, the trees are starting to let their autumn colours emerge. Gosh, I wish I knew what our indigenous people knew of this time and our native plants. Our landscape, now a mixture of both. And while I love the colours of the northern hemisphere's trees here, there is also a yearning to find an understanding of both the indigenous and introduced plants and how they are co-existing. It may be a metaphoric guide...