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Like a lot of people, I've watched the footage of the insane floods in Nepal. Actually I glimpsed some footage in horror and then looked away- watching people's most intimate moment of terror felt... too intimate. Instead, I listened to the news reports in detail and...
“Serious question: Does this person actually have training or education in anything apart from permaculture modules?” Luke Roberts A fair enough question that was asked on my facebook page. One that was sometimes thrown at me in the past with derogatory undertones –...
Makrut lime (Citrus hystrix), is native to range of places across Southeast Asia and southern China and is commonly known as kaffir lime across the world. However in recent decades there is an ongoing shift back to using one of its traditional names instead (the Thai...
We've just wrapped up our 7th Home Harvest edible garden trail. Supported by the City of Hobart, it's always a brilliant day with hundreds of highlight excited and pumped gardeners hitting up some of the best edible garden in and around Nipaluna/Hobart. Sometimes I...
If you’re paying attention (please pay attention*) you might notice that the human world is particularly off kilter, out of sorts, up shit creek, not being fair dinkum right now. One might find oneself wondering how to keep on keeping on amongst all the sad. Here’s...
I've just started working on a new book and it's had me walking around in circles - metaphorically and literally for weeks now. It's a thorough practical, political, fun and community exploration on how we can live through the...
It’s that time of the year where we’re putting the call out for our next batch of garden hosts to feature in our 7th Home Harvest Edible Garden Trail!! That’s right, it’s been seven years of garden glory. Enormous thanks to the City of Hobart for their...
Since we've lived here, we've had goats for around 7 years. A solid 6 year stint with Gerty and Jilly - two toggenburgs (you can read about them here) and then a year of another batch of goats (with a goat share arrangement) which came and went a bit while we tried to...
Working as a presenter with ABC TV's Gardening Australia is one of the great joys of my life - I often pinch myself just to make sure it's real! Without a doubt, my favourite thing is meeting gardeners and their gardens and getting to know both while we're filming at...
Living in cool temperate Lutruwita/Tasmania, tropical ginger isn't something you hear of people growing often - but that doesn't mean you can't As soon as we built our greenhouse (see it here), it was one of the first crops we...