And the little fix
In my previous post I described some of the big fixes we had to do at Homeland. In this post we carry on with the same theme where I describe some somewhat smaller, but [...]
Fruit
The big fix
We all make mistakes. Well, I like to think so, because we sure do – in fact, we have made some quite grave ones too. Of course, we only realise it after the fact, when the [...]
Repurposing projects
A significant part of implementing the permaculture ethic “land care” is to repurpose as much as we can in order to reduce our impact on what goes into the landfall. It [...]
Back to the grindstone
So I ended up not getting the horse and organic vegetable farm in Provence… but we can dream, can’t we? After gallivanting through the European summer for two months, [...]
The veritable fruit of paradise
I found this post dated 3 Sep 2017 in my drafts – wonder why I never published it? I added a few recent comments and updates in italics. We know we shouldn’t attempt [...]
L’art de agritourism
Only in Provence – or so it seems anyway – can they turn agritourism into an art form. Maybe we were just lucky to spend a few days in a very special place. Maybe it was [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
