Australians Are Mushrooms – Please, Pass the Horse Manure
Karma is one of those mystical concepts I happen to believe in. It’s not so much that you won’t suffer, …
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The Bee’s Knees, And All The Other Important Bits
Unsurprisingly, The Buzz has intended a post on bees since conception. And then, just a week ago Andrew Lang said …
Cool As A Cucumber, And Twice As Nice
Somebody described me as a cucumber the other day. I took that as a compliment. I adore cucumbers, of all …
The Power & The Passionfruit
The Passionfruit is so-called because it is one of the many species of Passionflower, which is the direct English translation …
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
On days when the temperature is set to soar into the high 30s and then past 40, I get up …
Off the Beaten Track – Otway Herbs Nursery & Cottage Gardens
Each summer we (amongst many others) make a pilgrimage to the south-west coast of Victoria, for a hearty dose of …
The Heat is On …
The handy guy, or Stefan, as he’s otherwise known, has a penchant for chillies. While last summer he kept referring …
Maggie’s Garden
I have a thing about odd numbers; I don’t like the number 133 for example. But I don’t mind multiples …
You Say Tomaytoes, I Say Tomahtoes, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
They say, when you have writer’s block, you should write about something you know. Well, I can honestly say, after …
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 …
