Growing good food, cooking it honestly, and sharing every step along the way.
The Forbidden Chilli began as a single row of chilli plants and a stubborn curiosity about growing our own food. One season turned into many, and the garden slowly took over the yard.
This is where we keep the record of it all — the wins, the failures, and the meals that made the work worthwhile. If it grows here, it eventually ends up on the table.
Rooted in Rhyll, Phillip Island
We garden in Rhyll, a quiet corner of Phillip Island in Victoria — a place of sea breezes, cool mornings and long, mild growing seasons that keep us on our toes.
The coastal climate shapes everything we plant, from heat-loving chillies coaxed along in the greenhouse to the leafy greens and root crops that thrive out in the open beds.