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
It has been a cold, gusty, wintry day. But somewhere there during mid-morning I heard a call from the past. I could had sworn it was the 'chip-chip' of a White-breasted Robin which is not entirely impossible as we had one visit the garden quite regularly a number of years ago whilst it was covered … Continue reading The Return of the White-breasted Robin
Petit Paradis 