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SUNLIGHT ON FEATHERS
With the weight of a big day of clay and earth bags ahead we got up early to treat ourselves to a nice breakfast at Made Cafe. It was a perfect spring morning, pink petals against blue sky. The staff...
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FLEMINGTON PERMABLITZ PART 1 – RESILIENCE DESPITE THE RAIN
My chalk lines began to wash away with the first rain shower at 9 o’clock and I felt the first tinglings of stress in my fingertips. Dylan had been anxious the last few days getting everything ready...
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THE FLEMINGTON PERMABLITZ PART 3 – FROM WATERCOLOUR TO REALITY
We called an armistice with the sky while we dropped shovels for lunch. The Blitzers made use of the newly constructed garden walls to gather around while we explained the design. The raised...
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AUTUMN FLOWERS AND UNRULY CLIMBERS
For a while the garden was inconsolable, having missed the spring flush it went into a right sulk, but with autumn here, not even the shyest runner bean has been able to resist unfurling for a...
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waahila ridge
waahila ridge up and down the mountain How many places in the world have a hike beginning with a pine forest full of wild chickens? Actually now I come to think about it every hike with done in Oahu...
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urban permaculture
It’s been six months since we had to say goodbye to our old house and garden. It’s sad to lose all that productive space, anyone who has bought or built up beautiful new soil will know how it feels,...
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