5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Soil and Grow Better Food
There are of course many ways to improve soil and each climate and soil type offers it’s own…
Temporary permaculture for renters – 11 ideas for growing abundant food without owning land
How do you get thriving permaculture garden while you’re renting? There are particular challenges, but there’s also a…
Library gardening: Community Permaculture Education
I garden in libraries – with children – with adults. It’s an unusual place, and obviously a temporary…
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…
Planting our new season lunches – creating garden niches amongst abundant permaculture perennials
The abundance of subtropical permaculture gardens is so clearly evident at this time of year. I am now…
Youth leadership and enterprise – cultivating positive leaders for the future with social and environmental responsibility.
My 9 year old daughter ran her second pop-up cafe today – the Owls Den Cafe. It was…
Plastic-free shopping – how to avoid coming home with a bagful of unnecessary plastic.
When reducing plastic waste is a core goal while out shopping for household needs, there are so many…
On being a conscious consumer – simple ways to reduce waste
I am trying hard to avoid buying products that generate waste, but inevitably I come home from grocery…
Worm Towers – a quick and easy way to turn food waste into garden fertiliser – without digging or turning.
Australian’s typically throw away 20% of the food they buy – that’ one out of every 5 shopping…
Improve your soil with herbs
Herbs are extremely useful for improving the health of your soil as well as your own health, and…