Tag: Sustainability
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Online engagement
There is a shift happening in civil society that is giving me inspiration every day. Folks are no longer waiting for the powers that be to provide solutions our problems, but are stepping up and doing something themselves. Almost every day I meet folks who are looking for answers in their lives, but rather than…
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Goals…
Sometimes I am asked what our ultimate goals are. That’s a good question as I try to live without any overarching goals, though that’s a bit difficult given the society we live in. We don’t want self sufficiency or complete independence, seeing integration into a strong and diverse community to be the best security, whatever…
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My favourite nursery
Everyone’s got their favourite place to but stuff. In my case, ‘stuff’ usually means plants! I like a little nursery in Meningie called ‘Melaleuca’ where they have established a beautiful bush food garden and sell bush food plants. Melaleuca nursery is run by the Orana group who help people with disabilities, so it’s a doubly…
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Thanks for the energy!
Had these two beauties given to us the other day. They’re from Steve Zilm from Install-X ( yeah, I know it’s a plug, but I’m grateful). They were going to be dumped because the glass has been badly cracked, but they’re at our place now. As they are, not cleaned they sit in the morning sun producing…
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Goosefoot is the new Spinach
Here’s something interesting… We ignore this plant, Goosefoot (Chenopodium album) yet it contains more goodies than its relative, Spinach. I dug up a ‘weed’ from the footpath and planted it in the middle of this bed. Around it I planted more traditional vegetables and herbs, then neglected the bed, giving only a sprinkling on the…
