Patience
One of the essential virtues of any gardener would surely have to be patience. Plants take time to grow: a simple, singular truth. I know this. I’ve been gardening for … Continue reading
All is not lost
Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh. William Blake I’m hoping pantry moths don’t count. Before we left Broken Hill I gathered fresh rose petals … Continue reading
Pest Alert
Pest alert! With precious little garden and hardly any plants established here in Sydney, the first sign of attack from pests had me reaching for a bottle of eco-friendly pest … Continue reading
The Good The Bad and The Damage
Oh joy! It had me singing along to the radio, wiggling my hips and jiggling my arse. It was rain. Merciful, gentle blessed rain falling from the sky. Two weeks … Continue reading
The Good Life
What makes a life worth living? I’m half way through Hugh Mackay’s thought-provoking book, The Good Life, and he keeps coming back to the notion of happiness. Controversially, Mackay thinks … Continue reading
Letting go of the garden
It’s only the third week of spring and Broken Hill has already seen a run of days above thirty, followed by thunder, lightning, rain and nights that have dropped to … Continue reading
Strawberries in the Desert 
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