Strawberry terrace greenhouse exchange
No, the strawberry terrace and the greenhouse aren’t exchanging places… This project should actually have been called “exchange some of the strawberry terrace and [...]
Fruit
Autumn hues
No long stories today – just a photo essay of our goings-ons as we go through the brief patch of autumn between our long summer and long winter. We are still having nice [...]
Every time I plant a seed
What you got that I don’t know? The contents of commercially available potting and seedling mixes include wetting agents, slow release fertilisers, growth stimulants and [...]
Christmas came very early
Some problems we seem to solve relatively quickly, once we observe them, research some solutions and usually put in a bit of effort. But some challenges, on the other hand, [...]
Boon companions
A boon companion is one’s close or closest friend, especially someone with whom one enjoys spending time or sharing activities. This post is a brief photo essay how some [...]
Permaculture live from Tasmania – week 2
During the first week of the Permaculture Design course from Good Life Permaculture, we had amazing summer weather, a very interesting day of site visits, followed by a [...]
Permaculture live from Tasmania – site visits
Towards the end of the first week of our Permaculture Design course in Tasmania, we had a day trip where we visited three very different sites to study where permaculture [...]
Permaculture live from Tasmania – week 1
After a lot of introspection and some forward planning, we made the decision that it would be good for me to do a Permaculture Design Certificate course. Not only will it [...]
A day in the life – summer
No long essays today… While I’m away doing a course in Tasmania – much more about that in a subsequent post! – here’s a short photo essay about [...]
Finding the net
My wife is funny – in a special way… We both agreed that, although practical, the nets at Homeland aren’t the most pleasing on the eye. At Dreamland we wanted to [...]
