I gotta get home there's a garden to tend.
There's fruit on the ground and the birds have all moved back into my attic, whistling static,
When the young learn to fly I will patch all the holes up again.
Well i can't believe that my lime tree is dead
I thought it was sleeping
I guess it got fed up with not being fed
And I would be too I need food in my belly and hope that my time isn't soon
So I, try, to understand, what I can't hold in my hand, and where ever we are, home is there too
And if you, could try to find it too, cause this place is overgrown into waxing mood,
Home is wherever we are, if there's love there too.
In the back of our house there's a trail that wont end
We were walking so far that it grew back in,
There's no trail at all, only grass growing tall,
Get out my machette and battle with time once again,
But i'm bout to loose because i'll be damned if time don't win
I gotta get home theirs a garden to tend, all the seeds from the fruit buried again
There own family trees teach them thank you and please as they spread their own roots they watch their
Young fruit grow again
And this old trail will lead me right back to where it begins
So I, try to understand, what I can't hold in my hand, and whatever I find, I'll find my way back to you
And if you could try to find it too, cause this place is overgrown into waxing mood
Home is wherever we are if there is love there too.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Plum Harvest
1/2 a green bag - and that was just what was at eye level - there is enough for the possums and the humans to each have their share! Last year I put in a ditch around the drip line and filled it with Agi-Pipe. I haven't needed to flood the ditch this year with the amount of rain we have had. We really didn't know if the plum tree would survive. But it has thrived!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happiness in this New Year
Shouts and Fireworks could be heard all across the city - Happy New Year!
We saw it in with a scorching 40 degree day and the veggies have withstood it beautifully.
The plums seemed to turn colour before my eyes and have been the best of the harvest so far.
This year's Christmas feast included some climbing beans which I had lead up wires in front of the yoga studio. The tomatoes were still too green for the garden salad, but are on their way along with zucchini and beats. It has, up until now been too cold for the chilli to take off - but after New Year's Eve declared that it is finally Summer they are sure to take off.
The most important project this Summer is clearing the drip line of the Almond Tree. It has once again come down with a Bacteria Infection and I need to clean to soil of diseased husks and plan to spray a Bordeaux solution next winter. It was such a healthy crop after all the rain - the blossom had promised and delivered - better luck next year! They do have a tendency to keep on ticking along.
Happy New Year, Happy Digging, Happy Discovering.
We saw it in with a scorching 40 degree day and the veggies have withstood it beautifully.
The plums seemed to turn colour before my eyes and have been the best of the harvest so far.
This year's Christmas feast included some climbing beans which I had lead up wires in front of the yoga studio. The tomatoes were still too green for the garden salad, but are on their way along with zucchini and beats. It has, up until now been too cold for the chilli to take off - but after New Year's Eve declared that it is finally Summer they are sure to take off.
The most important project this Summer is clearing the drip line of the Almond Tree. It has once again come down with a Bacteria Infection and I need to clean to soil of diseased husks and plan to spray a Bordeaux solution next winter. It was such a healthy crop after all the rain - the blossom had promised and delivered - better luck next year! They do have a tendency to keep on ticking along.
Happy New Year, Happy Digging, Happy Discovering.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Dangerous business
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."
J.R.R. Tolkien
... And an even more intrepid soul who steps forth into her garden. One curious look and an afternoon is swallowed up, leaving her bitten and sodden in satisfaction... and forgetting why she went out there in the first place, loosing cups of tea and broken thoughts in the cuttings.
J.R.R. Tolkien
... And an even more intrepid soul who steps forth into her garden. One curious look and an afternoon is swallowed up, leaving her bitten and sodden in satisfaction... and forgetting why she went out there in the first place, loosing cups of tea and broken thoughts in the cuttings.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Making seedling pots from Milk Cartons
Instruction for making pots for seedlings out of Milk Cartons - see photos below...
The first step is easy and obvious - cut the bottom off and voila - your first pot is made - simply puncture a few holes for drainagel
Next to make the best use of the top half cut off the spout
Slit the sides about half an inch down on each corner
Now fold the flaps out to create a crease line
One flap at a time work around the carton in a circle lowering and fixing the sides into the middle, fixing the last flap underneath the first.
Experiment with how far down you need to make the slits in order to get a perfect little drainage hole in the middle!
And start asking your friends to save their milk cartons!
A great Christmas gift - or as the students at the yoga centre are going to receive them as "pots of potential" - as the basil this year has been very slow to germinate.
The first step is easy and obvious - cut the bottom off and voila - your first pot is made - simply puncture a few holes for drainagel
Next to make the best use of the top half cut off the spout
Slit the sides about half an inch down on each corner
Now fold the flaps out to create a crease line
One flap at a time work around the carton in a circle lowering and fixing the sides into the middle, fixing the last flap underneath the first.
Experiment with how far down you need to make the slits in order to get a perfect little drainage hole in the middle!
And start asking your friends to save their milk cartons!
A great Christmas gift - or as the students at the yoga centre are going to receive them as "pots of potential" - as the basil this year has been very slow to germinate.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Tis the Season to be Mulching
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A recent search for mulch lead me to a free service - 5 cubic metres delivered to the door!!! The request was 5th priority - which meant when the mulching company has a surplus of mulch you can have it delivered. The front garden is now complete. I shovelling the old mulch onto the surrounding garden beds (it is a good idea to add dolomite / blood and bone to keep the soil sweet after combining it with old mulch). I replaced the weed mat and although not in the front - in the back I am planning to place newspaper down in addition to weed mat. Have a bucket of water handy to dunk the news paper to avoid it flying off as you lay it is a great help.
It looks and smells great - and it hasn't stopped raining all weekend so it is now firmly set in place. Cheers to Chen for supervising the operation.
Now for the back.....
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Ahimsa and Permaculture
In an interview with Scott London Bill Mollison explains the history and motivation for Permaculture. One pertinent remark he made was :
'It’s curious that we never apply what we know to how we actually live'.
Why does a plumber spend his life making beautiful bathrooms for his customers and is unable to come home and fix his own? I believe fundamentally this boils down to self worth. Particularly now, where we live in such isolated environments, the notion of doing something for the community at large is quite removed, or is perhaps restricted to working hours. This gives us the opportunity to practice a reversal of sorts - treat your neighbour as you would yourself - now I believe it is time to treat yourself as you treat your neighbour (that is if you have mastered the first act of true respect and love for your neighbour).
It is more than just laziness that keeps us from living out our wisdom. Every instruction manual and every tip is now available on the Web - it doesn't mean for certain that you will google it and apply it to your life. What does determine action - is your state of mind and it stems from your love of self - not in a conceited manner - but through a deep acceptance, which is the first practice in yoga of Ahimsa or non-harm.
Scott London's Interview with Bill Mollison
'It’s curious that we never apply what we know to how we actually live'.
Why does a plumber spend his life making beautiful bathrooms for his customers and is unable to come home and fix his own? I believe fundamentally this boils down to self worth. Particularly now, where we live in such isolated environments, the notion of doing something for the community at large is quite removed, or is perhaps restricted to working hours. This gives us the opportunity to practice a reversal of sorts - treat your neighbour as you would yourself - now I believe it is time to treat yourself as you treat your neighbour (that is if you have mastered the first act of true respect and love for your neighbour).
It is more than just laziness that keeps us from living out our wisdom. Every instruction manual and every tip is now available on the Web - it doesn't mean for certain that you will google it and apply it to your life. What does determine action - is your state of mind and it stems from your love of self - not in a conceited manner - but through a deep acceptance, which is the first practice in yoga of Ahimsa or non-harm.
Scott London's Interview with Bill Mollison
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
A long way from Grand Designs
Kevin McCloud Slumming It - ABC iview
Thank you Kevin McCloud for de-mystifying the Indian Slums and putting faces and stories to the snapshots which we would usually cringe at. May there be hope.
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