The Paddocks Of My Mind – A Farmer’s Perspective On Food Production
I grew up on the outskirts of a country town in NSW, and spent my younger years mucking about on …
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When to Give Up … Or Where Do I Put the New Mulberry Tree?
Keen readers of this blog will have noticed the penchant of its author to quote song lyrics by way of …
What’s Hot, and What’s Not in 2013
I thought I’d get in early with a list for 2013. The problem lies with the definition of hot. So …
The War On Grass
Years ago, in the days when stuff arrived in the mail, printed on paper, I came across a very funny …
A Small Place
I’ve unashamedly stolen the title of this post from Jamaica Kincaid, who, in the late 1980s, returned to the island …
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
Every gardener needs the equivalent of Neil Young‘s maid, someone to do the boring jobs, leaving the gardener’s mind free …
Fukushima is Here
On March 11th in 2011 a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that swept through the …
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 …
Notes from the Land of the Olds
Yesterday morning I woke up early, which was surprising given the amount of alcohol consumed the night before, and the …
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