A strange realisation hit just recently. It’s November! Yes I know it’s not that great a realisation! In fact as realisations go it’s pretty bloody ordinary since November happens in a fairly predictable manner every year. What is a special though is that in October 2012 we started doing what we called “a year of…
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Scarecrows on Rossmoyne
How do you engage with your street community? It’s a question that’s pretty central if streets and communities are to become the functional group in a re-localised society, but it’s remarkably difficult. One of the things that I think is part of the trick is to ensure that there is a variety of opportunities for…
Read MoreAnd then there were six (a busy weekend part II)
Our nature strip has been a great success. At times, when the kids are asleep and I’m avoiding doing the housework, I just spend a little while watching passers-by stop and consider what it is exactly that they’re looking at. Some look around as if they are on hidden camera and this is some sort…
Read MoreBack to basics
It’s been a while since I’ve managed to post, it turns out that whilst in general encouraging a sharing culture within our family is good this does not apply to tonsilitis! The ‘Reclaim the Curb’ competition has come to a close announcing that our plan to make our street into a DIY shopping and grazing…
Read MoreThe Johnson Strip Seeks Approval
Turns out for all my dreams of anarchic planting I’m actually a goody two shoes, front of the permaculture, gold star for following the rules sheep. As such tomorrow is a big day. Tomorrow is the day when the council comes to tell us whether we are allowed to do the nature strip planting that…
Read MoreReclaiming ‘our’ curb
It’s been a busy weekend. Our nature strip has been sitting in partial completion for too long so this was the weekend to actually finish it. We got another load of wicking bed componentry except this time we have chosen to go for an aggregate (I believe they call it 1minus) rather than scoria. Partially…
Read MoreFood is Free
I normally try to avoid just re-posting from other places half because I think it’s a little lazy and half because I’m still not sure what blog etiquette is and I don’t like upsetting people. That said I think this needs to be posted as is (and my thanks to reclaim the curb for putting…
Read MoreWhat to plant, and where!
The zucchini has breathed it’s last and the tomato production has reduced to such a small number that it’s time to clear the beds and think about Autumn planting. I’ve always struggled to know what to plant when and for the greatest production. I’ve played with a lot of different approaches but don’t feel like…
Read MoreThe Nanna-Technology of food waste
Rubbish seems to have become a bit of a fixation for us lately. We were pretty rapt to get our family of four’s rubbish down to a standard supermarket bag a week but it has prompted us to think about what we used to throw out. It turns out a lot of it is food…
Read MoreBoxing
Ever since reading about guerrilla gardening I’ve been thinking about boxes. Big boxes, little boxes, boxes full of flowers and boxes full of vegies but I’ve had this niggling thought in the back of my head. It’s that voice that says, “yeh cool, more garden space to add to the current amount you struggle to…
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A Life of Treading Lightly 