My food garden is also my medicine chest. The fresh healthy foods eating straight from the garden bring so…
DIY Super-Easy Origami Seed Envelopes
I collect and forage for seeds wherever I go. To avoid them getting mixed up in my pocket…
Library gardening: Community Permaculture Education
I garden in libraries – with children – with adults. It’s an unusual place, and obviously a temporary…
Back to school – ideas for a healthy and delicious school lunch
Getting school lunch boxes right and being creative is a challenge. Lunchbox makers everywhere know this! You think…
Community Connections and the Beauty of Small Towns
The richness of community connections nourishes my sense of belonging to place. It is these connections and sense…
Our affordable debt-free eco-house
We designed and built our house and have no mortgage. I just realised it’s been 10 years since…
Easily Grow Vitamin C and Add Vivid Colour to Your Garden with Rosella
For vivid colour, intense flavour and health benefits, plant Rosellas in the garden. The striking colour of the red flower calyx (the…
A Wonderfully Easy and Fun Way to Seed a Garden: Seedballing with Nature Kids
Hundreds of seedballs were flung across the Ethos Farm today at the Ethos Farm Crystal Waters Permaculture Village…
Muddy hands, happy hearts: seedballs for healthy soils and diversity
There’s really nothing like getting your hands in the earth. I love the feel and smell of rich…
9 Ways to Simply Use Chia: An easy ‘superfood’ to grow at home
Eat chia every day. Soak it. Grind it. Bake it. Drink it. Plant it? Eat the leaves?! Did…

