A woman complained to me the other day that she never sees small birds in her garden, and that the only birds that ever visit were, I quote, “A magpie with his young one, and those horrible …
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Permaculture Focus on Saving Your Soil
When you’ve designed your permaculture garden, sustainable produce garden, vegetable patch – or whatever you want to call it – and rattled through your tool shed, digging out your …
Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden – Koalas
Wouldn’t we all dream of having a Koala pay us a visit!
Obviously, if you live in an area where Koalas don’t exist – then no matter what Koala-friendly strategies you put in place… sorry …
Natural Insect Control of Aphids
Before I left for a week in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia), my Zucchini plants were sporting the new aphid look – the popular pest fashion of white film over most of the leaves.
I nibbled on my …
Environmental Attitudes Passing onto our Children
A short while back a woman called me to come and take some birds away from her house.
When I arrived at her place I discovered four baby Welcome Swallows laying on the ground in a smashed mud nest …
Permaculture Zone 3
Zone 3 in Permaculture is to do with ‘Farming’.
Zone 3 is usually about commercial produce which is grown, maintained, and harvested in such a way as to reduce impact on the environment, maintain …