July 28th, 2010 was when I started recording our garden and household goings on with this blog. Since then there have been months of crazy posting and other months too busy to do much at all. There have been years where I posted 8 times and others where I've posted 126 times. So for a … Continue reading Post 400 – Welcome & Thank you, Cabbages & The Full Moon
It is nearly time to start to plant out more trees. I really had no set agenda for this. Not so soon at any rate. It is simply occurring like a strong feeling. An idea or thought about what I should probably do that is accompanied by a yearning, a compelling urge to follow through … Continue reading The Muse, Avocado Trees & The Yearning
The Moon is waxing and the June Solstice is upon us. This is a longer post than normal as I record an update on what is happening around the garden. The Winter vegetables are coming along fabulously with the recent rain which is no doubt starting to assist with the rapid breakdown of all the … Continue reading June Update
Today marks our Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. To the North, it is of course the Summer Solstice. For this dualistic occurrence it is probably more appropriately termed the June Solstice as it falls between the 20th of June and the 22nd of June each year. The reason for this variation is due to … Continue reading June Solstice
On and off, I have been steadily mulching my way through ute-loads of 'green waste'. It is the time of the local council green waste street verge collection. In multiple acts of irony I have been relocating branches from fallen trees at our other house and my parents and carting them back to our house … Continue reading The Memory of Trees
Petit Paradis 