Tag Archives: fruit

Summer Delights

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Petit Paradis

The dahlias are flowering. Steadily over the last two years I have managed to cultivate our burgundy dahlias well enough to increase them in number. I have seen them described on-line with such fanciful names as velvet wine, black satin … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Phases of Abundance

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Petit Paradis

We are now in year two of what Bill Mollison describes as Phases of Abundance. As it happens, this seems to be quite a naturally occurring process in the evolution of our garden, rather than a step by step following … Continue reading →

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Inner Harvest

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Petit Paradis

I continue on my own personal food revolution . . . Though the picture above of our garden during late summer here in the Far South shows an indication of summer abundance, it is what grows between the crops that … Continue reading →

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Making Stuff: Kombucha

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Mrs PP

Every man and his orange fish has a post on the wonderful probiotic kombucha. I get asked fairly regularly for a Scobie for others to start their own, or instructions on how to do it. So I decided it was … Continue reading →

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We all want some figgy pudding!

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Mrs PP

Mrs PP reporting in for a little Christmas cheer. There were no Carols by Candlelight here this year due to the rain. The rain was very welcome though, and topped up the tanks and soaked into the soil. Light … Continue reading →

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