There are so many amazing benefits of Azolla for food, fibre, fuel, fodder, mulch, fertiliser, carbon drawdown and…
Eat Simply and Eat Together: Cultivating Community through Shared Meals
My chat tonight on ABC Queensland Radio was all about sharing meals with neighbours. This is the recording…
The Edible Beauty Garden
I recently wrote saying I don’t buy beauty products or make-up, but of course I still like to…
How Worm Towers Work
If you’ve wondered about worm towers, and whether they’d actually work, take a look at this short little…
10 things I no longer buy …
This week on my Simple Living segment on ABC radio (Tuesday evenings 9:30) I chat with Trevor Jackson…
12 ways to use your grapefruit abundance
The grapefruit tree (Citrus × paradisi) in my permaculture food forest is laden. I love to eat the fruit…
12 Ways to Use Abundant Mandarin Fruit and Peel
It’s mandarin season at our place. We’ve been patiently watching and waiting – every now and then doing…
5-Minute Survey: I’d love your feedback!
Through Our Permaculture Life I have been exploring many different, but interconnected themes – in the home, with…
Food waste – a huge polluter. This has to change!
Food waste needs to be centre stage on our agenda for change. Food waste is one of the…
Pigeon Pea – a perennial permaculture pioneer plant with Morag Gamble
Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) is a super useful permaculture plant. This legume has so many valuable uses in…

