Monthly Archives: October 2015

Well, we delivered some bread today, our first deliveries! It was an exciting morning, off to Grow Lightly first, then on to UpBeet Café in Wonthaggi, and then for a bit of a wet walk on the beach at Inverloch … Continued

We have just lit the fire in the oven again, ready for tomorrow’s bake, loading it with pine branches and hardwood. It’s good exercise loading the wood in! Not to mention splitting it! The oven has retained plenty of heat, and we … Continued

Well, the first bake went very well. An early start mixing the doughs, several turns through the morning, a rest in bannetons during the early afternoon, and some lovely sourdough by mid afternoon! A very fulfilling day. Also, our bread will … Continued

We have an awesome fire burning in our oven at the moment;  hot, slow, and lots of coal, heating the masonry through, ready for our first ‘big’ bake tomorrow. The oven is three quarters full of unburnt timber with a line of fire … Continued

A beautiful day here on the hill at Mardan, where Oak and Swan Sourdough is located. We have scrubbed some trolleys, filled storage containers with dried fruit, seeds, and nuts, milled some grain, stacked wood, and hoed some thistles out … Continued

It has been a busy week, bringing all the ends together and getting things ready for our first bake on Monday. Our lovely old spiral mixer has been cleaned and given some TLC. Greg picked up our first pallet load … Continued

Well, it all began a long time ago really, baking bread at home which rose so much in the oven it would reach the top of it, and smelt and tasted great, and toasted nicely, but was too crumbly for … Continued