This is a strange time of year on the farm. It’s holiday season, so there’s a lot of coming and going with everyone taking it in turns to go on holidays for anything from a long weekend to… more →
View from the bridgewrote 4 weeks ago: Bealtaine Cottage is a permaculture smallholding, as followers of this blog know. In permaculture we … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The weather the last 2 days (and continuing on into next week) is a last hurrah to Summer. Well, I … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Trenchless technology improves aging infrastructure without digging into your budget A significant a … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Spot the odd one out? Twilight our flemish giant rabbit is blending in with her feathered friends. T … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This year Goddard Ave. Urban Farm is trying a bunch of new things. So new as to even say we are stil … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Peter Cundall shows you how to grow potatoes directly on top of your lawn using the no-dig method. … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The PICA team has just returned from a successful trip out west to the Annual NASTT No-Dig conferenc … more →
wrote 3 months ago: So, you have your new plot of land. You’re good to go. What next? Given that bare soil and d … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I frequently hear about the value of using a no-dig system when growing vegetables, but a recent pos … more →
wrote 7 months ago: After a couple of weeks with only what could be described as “man flu”, I ventured into … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Back in April (about 16 weeks ago), inspired by Charles Dowding’s experiments on his ‘no … more →
wrote 10 months ago: About a month back when discussing what large scale plantings we could easily do on our big and slig … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I’ve landed back at home after a really fascinating trip; working at the other end of the spec … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Today brings welcome news from Italy. The very nature of our journey means that we are connecting wi … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The rain comes down and we do not run for cover: not Richie, Giovanni nor I: we’re in the gard … more →
wrote 12 months ago: Leash again. Today we had our maiden Murrindindi working bee, led by the lovely Michael Roxborough f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Whilst in Rome, and aside from our memorable time exploring the city, a few other significant things … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Have you heard this term before? It was a new one on me. Does it mean one grows all the vegetables … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. I have just finished a week volunteering with Elena in the Emili … more →