My daughter thinks I’m too conservative. Not politically, thank the goddesses, but too stuck in my ways. I refuse, apparently,…
Last month, the forest was bulging with the “flowers of the underworld”, mushrooms. Those who know me, may have witnessed…
I’ve just invested in a large chainsaw – which is both a statement of independence and a terrifying prospect! A…
Up on Stardust Farm, we have an abundance of wattle and gum trees. I am planning to build, but finances…
Comfrey is the quintessential (or maybe a quintessential!) permaculture plant. Its deep roots pull otherwise inaccessible minerals up from the…
At the front of my house, facing west, I have a lovely mulberry tree. Underneath, there’s gravel and plastic sheeting…
I am choosing progress over perfection. It isn’t that I just screwed (quite literally) up, by not checking that my…
Slow doesn’t come naturally to me. I like to get everything done, all at once, right now. I’m a big…
I’ve started to install an outside bath round the side of my house. The aim is for it to use…
Apologies that I’ve been off for a few weeks – I’ve been off for a few weeks, feeling the depths…
