Bush Edge Homesteading Australia

There is a beautiful saying I love around how 'sharing knowledge is knowledge not lost'.

And Facebook and YouTube has been such a wonderful way that we have learned so much over the years and over the past 4 years have loved sharing back. Its so lovely when we see others giving things a go and the comments and new ideas we receive back.

Its been a small but beautiful community following along with us, and we truly value the interactions you have with our family and our shares.

This past week has been a bit of a ride though. For the first time one of our videos was shared broadly by YouTube. What started as excitement, ended up with me turning off comments on our latest vid and deleting really nasty stuff. The broader reach brought the opposite of the joy we normally have with our lovely community and the sharing.

With this experience I really want to say a big thankyou to you who follow along as part of this little Bush Edge community.

And for those nice people who just found us through that broarder reach, we hope you enjoy our families shares and interactions between others in the comments. We really do try keep this a bit of a space for gardens, good food, preserving, projects around the property and all those things that give some joy. ✨️

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When we started using the KegLand food grade buckets with the Gamma Lids, Kegland offered a discount to people following along with our shares.

There has since been some questions on whether they could offer a discount again. Well they have done one better...

Today they advised:

" I've managed to get a permanent price discount when you buy in bulk 5 amounts.:) Like a Coles low low pricing, it will always be that price from now on.
No discount code needed.
Normally $184.50 for 5 x 25L ~ Down to $138.60
and the 15L from $149.95 to $99.95 (Y)
Happy Easter"

I do know this isn't an option for everyone, as shipping is high to some areas. But hopefully this is helpful for those that were asking about the chance of a repeat discount.

As an update... we are continuing to love them. They are super robust and open really easily.

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We have very few pumpkins that have grown this year. Not even one butternut. Most of the flowers across the season were male.

Although there are few, we will still have pumpkin.... as this one is growing into a whopper!!!!

I will be sharing more on this (and all the ups and downs of this growing season) in this Saturdays virtual garden tour video. Don't forget to set your notification bell, so you can see when has and hasn't gone well, in what was quite a tough growing season.

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Did you enjoy the Aussie Summer Harvest and Preserving Series? I would love to know what was your favourite? (Unfortunately the poll options are limited in number, so I had to group the last one.)

Your comments will really help us understand what ones we make that are helpful to include in our shares.

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That's the end of Summer... and the end of our Aussie Summer Harvest and Preserving Series.

Hopefully you enjoyed our videos sharing:
- Pickling and Fermenting Cucumbers
- Using cherry tomato abundance to make fermented bruschetta
- Harvesting and extracting honey from our hives
- Preserving beetroot
- Freezing zucchini
- Making blackberry wine
- Preserving Berry and vanilla jam for the shelf

If you missed any of the videos and still have some of this produce coming through, hopefully they can help your squirrel some away, for when they are out of season.

And having these now on the channel, hopefully they provide a good reference resource for the future too.

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1 month ago | [YT] | 41

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If you’ve ever wondered how honey is harvested on a small scale for family use, you might really enjoy tomorrow’s video 🍯🐝

We’re sharing our latest honey harvest — taking the frames out of the hive and extracting the honey straight from the comb.

It’s such a rewarding process and something we love being able to do ourselves here on the property.

If you’re curious about backyard beekeeping or just love seeing where real food comes from, this one’s for you.

We are still having issues with our YouTube videos being shared by YouTube, so if you are interested our shares, we would love you to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss it when it goes live. The % watched through and interactions also makes a difference. It really does help and we appreciate it 💕

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If you’ve been enjoying our video shares, tomorrow’s one is definitely worth turning the notification bell on for 🔔

First up, we’ll be introducing our new Summer Harvest & Preserving Series 🌿

This is something I’ve been really excited to share. It focuses on the staple foods we grow and preserve here on the property, so we can enjoy them well out of season. We’ll harvest together and preserve using our usual methods — canning, dehydrating, freezing, fermenting and more.

Then we’ll head down for a wander through our bush for a chat about Aussie homesteading content. YouTube isn’t always kind when it comes to sharing Australian creators, so I’m hatching a bit of a plan for 2026 to see whether 'we the people' can help influence the YouTube algorithm to better support the many amazing Aussie channels out there.

I set it as a premiere video, so we will be there live while it runs, to answer any questions. I really hope you enjoy it and the series to follow 😊

4 months ago | [YT] | 97

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I just did the test many people asked for, to see if the gamma lids from the new food grade buckets we got fit on the old buckets. In short...Sadly not.

I also heard back from Kegland on the shipping feedback, but included everything in a quick 3 min video, as it would be an essay to type out.

I know there are many of you waiting on this info and I hope it helps.

https://youtu.be/h5Bga1XZ8t8

4 months ago | [YT] | 31

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EXCITING NEWS ALERT! (Set your YouTube notification for our YouTube channel to not miss our video at 6 PM tonight!)

​Those of us who have bulk food storage, know the struggle: getting those tight lids off! 😩 Its something in this community we have chatted about for a long time.

Recently I was lamenting to Kee whilst picking up some supplies and he said they had similar issues in the brewing space and would look to see if it was a product they could make available for us customers here in Australia.

​Well, the struggle is officially over! Tonight at 6 PM, our bonus video is all about the exciting arrival of Food Grade Containers equipped with GAMMA LIDS here in Australia!

​These lids are a huge win, making bulk storage accessible and easy—a game-changer for us and hopefully for others to.

​And here’s a great extra bonus: The supplier is giving our amazing Bush Edge Homesteading followers a generous 30% OFF DISCOUNT on these buckets and lids! Until the end of the year.

​Disclaimer: We are not affiliated and don't get anything, but we are absolutely thrilled to try these and share this opportunity with everyone keen to upgrade their storage system too!

​Make sure your notification bell is set for the video drop at 6 PM to get the details and the great discount.

4 months ago | [YT] | 91

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YouTube has some new functionality for us, so we can chat and engage... like we do with Facebook.

I currently share lots of the things our family gets up to in between videos on our Facebook. Let's see if this new YouTube functionality can create the same sense of Bush Edge community, for those of you who aren't using Facebook too.

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