The Dirt
Of and concerning the first house, wherein Tommy is caught with his knickers down and his baubles in a hole. …
Category Archives: Gardening & Climate Change
A Pocket Full of Seeds
I’ve invariably got seeds of some kind in my pockets, which I’ve collected on my wanderings, or from friends and …
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 …
How Bad Are Bananas?
Remember the great banana shortage of 2006, when Cyclone Larry destroyed vast tracts of Queensland, including Australia’s banana supply? Was …
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 …
World Sustainable Energy Days Conference 2014
The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) conference is held each year in Upper Austria, attracting experts in renewable energy from …
Blink, and we’ll all be fracked
We don’t want our land degraded or our beautiful rolling hills to become an eyesore covered in gas wells. From …
Uncovering Urban Roots
From little things, big things grow … Song by Paul Kelly & Kev Carmody Every now and then you come …
Defy the Dreaded Cherry Slug
I’m not suggesting there’s no more cold weather to come, but this has to be the shortest and mildest Melbourne …
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