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The more I learn about plants, the more fascinating I find them. Recently I have been developing an interest in the origins of plants. I don’t mean from where individual plants originate; although that is of course interesting. Rather, my ...

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In Praise of Elderflowers Around the corner from our house the elder bushes are coming into full flower – a sure sign that summer is finally arriving. ;

I’ve been a fan of composting toilets for decades now. There’s just something about NOT shitting in drinking water and making quality composting for my landscape with my own humanure that just makes me feel really good and really smart. I’ve also long been into making compost toilets myself in both rental properties and now […]

Sharing some photos of some pretty that has recently been flowering in my garden. Keeping it simple with just photos! So what’s been flowering in your garden?

There is some gardening with ME that you can do in bed. I’m not joking. I do my best thinking about the garden whilst resting in bed. Over winter, I spent time reflecting on the past year, thinking about what ...

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The term ‘Time Rebel’ was coined by Australian-born social philosopher, Roman Krznaric and is someone who works towards intergenerational justice. Meaning every decision they make today considers how it’ll impact future generations – hundreds of years from now. It’s about rebelling against “business as using” by embracing long-term, multi-generational thinking – all to benefit our children’s children’s children.  […]

This is the 6th year in the row of the Home Harvest edible garden trail and it shows. The conversation around urban food production and food security has more traction and is more normalised more than ever. It wasn’t too many years ago when people would look at me “funny” when I explained my work […]