Here’s the link to my September Simple Living Segment on ABC Radio. It went to air Tuesday 27th September.

Bill Mollison (1928 – 2016)

612 ABC Radio: Morag Gamble in Conversation with Sarah Howells 

The topics we explore in this 25 minute conversation are:

• Remembering Bill Mollison
  (http://our-permaculture-life.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/thank-you-for-permaculture-bill.html)
• Fighting off the Flu the Permaculture Way
  (http://our-permaculture-life.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/home-grown-medicine-10-common-medicinal.html)
• Waste in the fashion industry and the environmental impact of synthetic clothes
  (http://our-permaculture-life.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/did-you-know-our-clothes-are-poisoning.html)
• Playing with Natural Dyes
  (http://our-permaculture-life.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/chemical-free-clothes-easy-diy-natural.html)
• Sustainable Clothing

“When the dreaded lurgy heads for your house, and the kids start sniffling, coughing, and sneezing, do you reach straight for the medicine cabinet? Or do you, instead, take a wander down the garden path, picking plants and leaves as you go, to make up a brew?

Morag Gamble from Our Permaculture Life would probably choose the latter option, and she joins us tonight to tell us why!”

Now that I’ve recovered from the ‘lurgy’, I’ve had a wonderful couple of days offering tours of my garden and organising a Young Ethos Scholars program – a masterclass for children in writing and theatre with a sustainability focus. I’m getting ready now for a workshop making salves and other natural healing and beauty products from my garden.  It’s going to be so much fun.

Northey Street City Farm’s permaculture design course students visited my garden this week. I love having the urban-rural connection between city farm and our place. (Photo: Emma Brindal)