Monthly Archives: April 2016

It’s been lovely to get out in the garden over the past few days, and soak up some of this glorious sunshine. I feel like I’m storing it up for winter! Over the weekend, we’ve been outside with the kids; the … Continued

  I thought I’d do a bit of a blog about lighting the oven. The oven is an Alan Scott designed oven, with a low roof and thick thermal mass all around the 6 x 4 foot oven. It is … Continued

Baking away again today, this is the Seeds and Sprouts dough having it’s turn in the mixer. The days are drawing in, and it’s nice to walk into the bakery out of the dark in the morning, and first of … Continued

While baking today, I had some left over dough to use up, so I pressed out a 50% rye, 50% sifted wheat dough, and some whole wheat, quite flat, and let them proof to the point of almost over proving, … Continued

Yes, Oak and Swan Sourdough is now on Instagram! You can follow us in the bakery at oakandswan_sourdough.

We are off bright and early tomorrow to Traralgon 50 Mile Farmers Market. Looks like the weather could be a bit showery, but that’s ok, we need rain, and the market is mainly inside the VRI Hall on Queens Parade, … Continued