The scarlet runner bean and me. We go way back. I’m sitting here, in the middle of packing up our kitchen. We move out tomorrow, after a year in this riverside cottage where we grew food, worked hard, and swam, … Continued
This small project is a study in macrocosms and microcosms – the large world and the small, the now and the forever. And all on your kitchen bench. Not bad for a grub in a jam jar. I’ve always wanted to … Continued
‘Can I have two big packets of grass seed, please – I’ve got a lawn to grow’ are words I never thought I’d say. But here we are, de-gardening, trying to leave no trace of our home-grown food bowl. Such … Continued
When street trees are also highly delicious. Bring on the lilli pilly everything. Where we live on the south coast of NSW, lilli pilli’s are just about everywhere – they’re up in the rainforest (where they’ve always been – they’re … Continued
I think we got lost for a little bit there… In between all the educating and the ‘how-to’ ing, when we started calculating that it was more economic to work more, keep our kid in after school care, and buy … Continued
Growing climbing beans and peas on a trellis is a great way to maximise your garden’s growing space, while providing habitat and shade that further helps your garden grow. There’s all sorts of things you can use – what will … Continued
This Spring we went from bare ground to surplus organic veggies at our rental home – thanks to biointensive gardening techniques, strong seedlings and a few free workouts. I’m not here to tell you a story about obtaining magically abundant harvests with just a … Continued
Making grain spawn is a stage of mushroom cultivation the whole family can get into – there’s a job for everyone. This stage of the mushroom cultivation process comes before you use your grain spawn to inoculate your final bulk substrate, … Continued
Microgreens are a great way to get fast growing, nutritious, home-grown green things into your diet. They can be grown in trays or in a garden bed, depending on what space you have. They are tasty, always. We’ve written before … Continued
Next to my primary school, down by the railway track, there is a mulberry tree. It’s been there since before I started kindergarten. I think it was self-seeded, but it’s difficult to say – the street verge just there has since … Continued
Time to de-turf and complete our garden beds! Once we’d made our garden beds from scrap timber, the next step was to get the soil dug and planted. Grass Off This part was not as hard as we were expecting … Continued
Here’s how we made some quick garden beds from scrap timber with everyday tools. These took us a morning to make, and they should last quite a few years. We made these beds this way because we’re living in a rental property, … Continued
Welcome to our new series on permaculture renting, in which we attempt to grow food and live a simple life while moving from rental to rental at the whim of landlords + Australian housing prices. Yay! So we’ve been off … Continued
