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Waste? Not! Compost…

“My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.” ~ Claude Monet

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My Urban Farming Investment

“It takes a lot of skill to be able to grow food sustainably. Its an art form. We need to raise agriculture up to another different level like they do in Europe where farmers are on the same level as engineers and doctors… because the food that we eat is the most important thing in [...]

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Recycled Potato Planter

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.  ~ Mirabel Osler

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The Veggie Bed of Doom

  There is no gardening without humility.  Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.  ~ Alfred Austin

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Milk Bottle Garden Tools

I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing things away we could use. ~ Mother Theresa The school holidays are upon us and so far, it has been mainly  lovely clear sunny weather, despite a bit of a chill about. But, two days into our break, my youngest little bloke [...]

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Planting the Seed of a Living Legacy

“Life is the chance to grow a soul.” ~ A. Powell Davis This last weekend, I found a most exceptional piece of furniture, although, outwardly, it looks fairly ordinary. It once held a library of knowledge, referenced by lots of little cards in all it’s 72 drawers.  Then, for years, it has been holding nuts, [...]

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Caged Strawberries

“One must ask the children and the birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” ~ Goethe I have quite a few free-range strawberries growing in the garden.  Unfortunately for me, I don’t eat that many.   If the ants, slaters of slugs don’t get them first, my own spawn usually gobble them up at first sight. [...]

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