This is where we share stories about gardening, goats, climate action and hints and tricks to help everyone live the good life! Search our extensive archive, use the categories below or simply have a relaxing browse with a cuppa…
It brings me great joy to let you know that after living without goats for the past 6 months, we now have some again :-). If you're new here a bit of back story. I had goats for almost 6 years and loved them dearly - milking and feeding them daily (you can read a bit...
In 2022/23 I collaborated with Australia reMade to ask people living in lutruwita/Tasmania what they wanted a climate-safe future to look like for their island - we received hundreds of responses. We then worked with local animator Vivien Mason to turn them into a...
Later this year (2023) Australia we'll be asked to vote in a referendum on whether we should change our constitution to enshrine a First Nations Voice to Parliament. This is a moment not to be underestimated, rather a moment to join in on, a moment to get deeply...
A new project is brewing. This one has come from my dear friend Nadia Danti's brain and I was lucky enough to be invited to join in - it’s a goody. It's a seasonal project where we grow flowers (mostly dahlias) specifically to give away* to people doing meaningful...
We’re happy to announce we’re working with Eat Well Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania to hold our fourth annual “Home Harvest” garden tour in the nipaluna/Hobart region! Special thanks to the City of Hobart for funding this great initiative. Home Harvest is going to be a one day event on Sunday March 19th, 2023 in and around nipaluna/Hobart where […]
Hi Friends, I’m in the process of writing my second book about how to grow food in any climate in Australia (due out late 2023 with Affirm Press). As it’s covering the whole, vast country I would so very dearly love to include photos of edible gardens in different climates to show folks what’s possible […]
Hello Dear Friends, I have two bits of exciting news to share with you, which can be summed up with Costa’s (host of Gardening Australia) gorgeous smile below… After being a guest presenter on Gardening Australia since 2019, I recently became an official permanent member of their team. Oh the joy!!! This is very exciting […]
Any minute we’ll have a date for the Australian federal election. Which means any minute we’ll know the exact day when we can take strong and meaningful action on the climate emergency. Every election is so important, but when it comes to the climate emergency and actually acting in time to prevent runaway climate chaos, […]
We’ve just wrapped up our third Home Harvest. It was so good that I’m sharing it with you here. But first, what even is it?? Funded by the City of Hobart and supported by Eat Well Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania, Home Harvest is a one day self guided edible garden tour around the nipaluna/Hobart […]
We’re happy to announce we’re working with Eat Well Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania to hold our third annual “Home Harvest” garden tour in the Hobart region! Special thanks to the City of Hobart for funding this great initiative. Home Harvest is going to be a one day event on Saturday March 5th, 2022 in and around Hobart where […]