I've spent the past week attempting to re-enter the world as i know it with a head chock-full of knowledge about permaculture. This has occurred following a two-week course (the Permaculture Design Certificate) at Aldinga Eco Village (well not actually IN Aldinga but at the caravan park nearby... long story) in South Australia.

The plan was that, since Nick is still working in his high office building until christmas, I would head off and do a PDC in order to get my head around Permaculture principles in readiness for our move...

I chose this particular course because it was being taught by Geoff Lawton , who, in addition to running the Permaculture Research Institute , is apparently the gun on arid and semi-arid environments, and how to get them regenerating in a matter of months. yup, months. I was ready to learn that trick.... 

When you've been planning big changes for a while they seem to take an eternity to actually happen. It feels like we have been preparing to leave Melbourne for years and although we love this place and its people, the day we leave has felt like an age away.

Well, all that has all changed in the last few weeks, I have all but finished up at my high rise job, we've booked the movers and this last weekend we invited a bunch of friends for a farewell farmyard BBQ. The big day is rushing towards us and we are being swept in the details of turning our lives upside down.

There is still so much to do, the development application for our studio is now in the hands of the local authorities, but the application for permissions for our bridge are still a way off. 

Hi!

Welcome to "Planting Milkwood", a site dedicated to providing inspiration to anybody who thinks that modern life may have become a little too hectic.

We are Nick and Kirsten, a young couple who have decided to make a big change in their lives. We are about to move from Fitzroy a cosmopolitan inner suburb of Melbourne ( city of 3.7 million) to Milkwood, an isolated farm 45 potholed minutes form a small town in central New South Wales.

Kirsten is an artist and student, Nick works in telecommunications, over the next few months you will be able to watch us prepare for our new life through regular videos, blog posts and photos.

Thanks for joining us.