I never really quite got that "Permaculture is Design - it's not gardening. Gardening is a part of it.", as Bill Mollison says. It's the one thing most everyone thinks about when you say the word 'permaculture'. It has only really been through making more of a conscious effort in planning what I have been … Continue reading Permaculture is Design
Denim Jeans 1 Re-Use: My wife is currently working on a floor rug made from old denim jeans cut into strips and then woven together. 2 Re-Use: Once its reincarnation as a rug is coming to an end it would make a great blanket cover for a worm farm or bedding for a dog kennel … Continue reading Recycling – some notes and observations
This morning as I looked out across the garden to the mallee trees with rain drops decorating them, a bunch of New Holland Honeyeaters gathered and started to 'shower' themselves amongst the branches. Frolicking around to gather up all the rain drops and then shaking them off. They are the perfect trees for doing this … Continue reading Raining Chokos
I really do like this time of the year. I like the cooler nights and the blue skies with fluffy clouds. Most of the plants in the garden are doing really, really well. I have never known a choko vine to fruit so prolifically as ours is at the moment. The minnows in the tub … Continue reading Autumn
My wife, for reasons completely for her own humor, has decided that our new little frizzle chick should be called Jennifer Aniston. Given that I still call our Isa brown (Penny) - Chook chook, I guess it doesn't really matter what they are called, it just makes things a little peculiar when trying to describe … Continue reading Jennifer Aniston
Petit Paradis 