I started the new year promising that I’d start each month with a kitchen update. What was I thinking? Clearly…
It seems like midsummer. The weather is bakingly hot here in Naarm/ Melbourne, and there’s been so little water that…
Let’s face it, 2026 has been far too interesting, and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up. It’s hard…
My garden used to be, well, if not orderly, at least seemed to have some form of design. There was…
It’s 2026 and I’m once again hoping that this year, I’ll dedicate a bit more time to both writing and…
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…
