In the darkness I watched the silhouette of the possum as it stared back watching me. It was a young Ring-tailed Possum. I'm thrilled to have them around the garden, though I'm sure they are eating our strawberries. In designing our garden, I am having to make allowances for those creatures that the neighbours said … Continue reading Ringtail Possums
I was out in the garden early this morning. 5 am. The Cuckoo shrike was about as were Purple-crowned Lorikeets wheeling about high in the sky while the gums are blooming. As I stood on a ladder to get a shot of the garden a magpie flew in at close range and sat on the … Continue reading Filling the Bioreactor
Some luck in the garden today. I have been looking into worm farming as a way of composting larger amounts of garden waste material and kitchen scraps and creating the worm castings that are so valuable to the garden. I've more recently come across the Johnson-Su Bioreactor and was impressed by: the large quantity of … Continue reading Bioreactors
After a few weeks of much working and not much other stuff I was yearning to get out into Nature a bit more. I needed a fix of trees. We headed out west towards Denmark and stopped for a quick morning snack before heading out on Scotsdale Road to the Harewood Forest trail. It always … Continue reading Amongst the Trees
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
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