I approached the garden gingerly this morning. There was a lot I wanted to do and I didn't want to overwhelm myself. Mrs PP was searching the garden for flowers that weren't rain damaged after the previous few days. It would normally be the Albany Agricultural Show weekend and this year, though it had been … Continue reading November Rains & Seed Saving
Category: Creatively Use & Respond to Change
Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be.
Lockdown at le Petit Paradis
Lockdown. I really dislike that term. A great deal. I have much disdain for it. I am mindful of the words we use to paint our world. This is also not so much of a Lockdown as a very inconvenient thing. I've witnessed proper Lockdowns. The home schooling here continues. And guess what? It's now … Continue reading Lockdown at le Petit Paradis
A Matter of Distance & Why it Matters
As told in a previous post, we are now home schooling our boys. So when I'm tasked to teach about distance and measurement I take the opportunity to make it real. I have been designing and building our chicken yard recently and in the eleventh hour I made an alteration to the design as you … Continue reading A Matter of Distance & Why it Matters
The Destruction of Home Making
I have been progressively working on building up the garden. We have been here just over two years and the local wildlife have come to evolve with the changes in the garden. The King skinks are well fed and undisturbed by the neighbour who has 'retired' from trappin and relocating them. They are breeding and … Continue reading The Destruction of Home Making
The Big Dry
I have not spent much time in the garden, aside from the morning and afternoon check and water. The days have been warm. Almost a heat-wave you could say for the last week or so. It has me pondering over the complete inadequacy of the soil to retain moisture at the moment. Slowly I am … Continue reading The Big Dry