by Mara | Jul 27, 2014 | Our home building journey
Light earth internal walls are being made and rendered. The tractor helps with heavy lifting. The wetland is filling from the winter rains. At dusk, the beauty, I can’t believe is ours to enjoy.
by Mara | Jul 27, 2014 | In the Garden, Soil
Young Lima bean shoots are growing. The seeds will be harvested but the stalks and leaves will be dug back into the soil to feed the quince tree near where they are planted.
by Mara | Jul 27, 2014 | Chickens, In the Garden
When chickens are healthy, they look it. Their coats are shiny, they are not hen pecked, their combs (Isaa Browns) are bright and upright. Sometimes backyard gardeners don’t realise that in fact their chickens are actually on the unhappy side of life. Sometimes...
by Mara | Jul 26, 2014 | In the Garden, Urban Greening
Reservoir suffers from heat waves. All suburbs do, but some more than others and Reservoir has been identified by our Local Government as high on the heat wave risk raider. There are a number of reasons why, but the reason I am interested in has to do with the lack of...
by Mara | Jul 26, 2014 | Gardeners & Farmers, In the Garden
In my Vietnamese neighbours garden you can feast. It looks sparse on first observations but a tour of the garden soon reveals a genuine bounty of foods. My neighbour and I can only speak to each other via our body language and gesticulation. I do not speak a word of...
