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 [...]
Fruit
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 [...]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! May your fruits and vegetables grow abundantly, may your soil be healthy, may you have good rains, may the pests be few and most of all, may you be blessed [...]
