‘Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets.’
The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon, bearded, buried, all but fossilized; the dark green sails of …
Tag Archives: vegetables
A Small Place
I’ve unashamedly stolen the title of this post from Jamaica Kincaid, who, in the late 1980s, returned to the island …
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 …
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
At this time of year in Melbourne, as spring begins to look more like summer, I spend a lot of …
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 …
Before & After & Beyond
The first time I was actually in this house, and finally got to wander around the huge garden (800sqm approx.), …
The Buzz 