A Small Place
I’ve unashamedly stolen the title of this post from Jamaica Kincaid, who, in the late 1980s, returned to the island …
Category Archives: Autumn
The Art of the Garden at Heronswood
A week or so ago, during what might become known as Melbourne’s ‘windy period’, when it seemed like we’d never …
The Chard at the End of the Rainbow
All good things must come to an end. Chaucer, 1374 It is with some regret that I’ve begun to pull …
Patience is a Virtue – Sharen’s Rhubarb Schnapps Recipe
Every time I mention having rhubarb in the garden, my mate Sharen says, ‘Mmmmm … Rhubarb Schnapps‘. After nearly three …
The Dirt
Of and concerning the first house, wherein Tommy is caught with his knickers down and his baubles in a hole. …
A Growing Community – West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts …
Hey, it’s Crunch time
So we find ourselves, our ways of telling unbalanced, trapped inside a runaway narrative, headed for the worst kind of …
Companion Planting
… my grandfather … was a smiling man and an untidy gardener. When you poked his cabbages, they squeaked with …
Stefan’s Broccoli Pasta Recipe
I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made …
Russell’s Jalapenos in Brine
As this was the first time I had made a genuine pickling brine, as opposed to using water and salt …
The Buzz 