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"Wow, you've got a garden... you've actually got a GARDEN!" Bemused Visitor I don't recall a time myself when backyard gardening changed. Not a precise moment. Maybe I was born after the major change, or at … Continue reading When Backyards became Backwards
The image of clean green technology where we do not need to mess with nature or kill anything to provide for our needs is in the final analysis, an illusion. That illusion appears to have substance only because generations of the world’s most affluent urbanites have been disconnected from nature. The above quote is from … Continue reading The New Earth
"Generations of vacuum cleaners have sustained themselves on very little but dust and pieces of Lego ." Mr Petit Paradis When my mother-in-law came to live with us following the passing of the Prof, I had no idea what to expect. My terms of reference for such a life altering event such as this was … Continue reading Some Notes on Multi-Generation Living
This is the second part of the Why Free Range Guinea Pigs? post. Foraging for Food We found the guinea pigs are also intuitive enough to only eat what they know is ok for them. They will try many things and will consume only what they enjoy or need. Their favourite foods from what we have … Continue reading Why Free Range Guinea Pigs? Part II
This is Jazz. One of our original Petit Paradis guinea pigs, sunning herself happily in our garden. People are often surprised and curious that we have guinea pigs running free in our edible garden so I thought I should do a post about it. I've kept guinea pigs free in the yard for over 5 years now and … Continue reading Why Free-Range Guinea Pigs? Part I
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