14 December 2010
playing lady bountiful
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Almost the best bit of having a productive garden - giving it away! Couldn't resist taking and posting this: a collection of herbs (mint, thyme, lemon balm, sage, chives) some in blossom, and silverbeet leaves (as clearing last of them) in a gift bag to take to friends as a housewarming present.
Notes, observations and research for a developing permaculture property
POBBLEBONKING?
That's the sound of the pobblebonk frog that lives here.
It may be an ugly little bastard, but it makes a marvellous noise, and gives us hope.
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That's the sound of the pobblebonk frog that lives here.
It may be an ugly little bastard, but it makes a marvellous noise, and gives us hope.
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THE PROPERTY AT A GLANCE
Size: 3.5 acres
Location: Fryerstown, Victoria
Local Gov't: Mt Alexander Shire
Region: Central Goldfields/Midlands
Catchment: North Central
Climate type: Mediterranean
Heat zone: 4
Cold zone: 9b/10
Aspect: north-facing slope, with gully along eastern boundary
Land use history: goldmining, sheep grazing, remnants of domestic-scale olive plantation
Indigenous vegetation: degraded box/ironbark
Plant succession: drooping cassinia, wirilda, gums
Soil type: heavy clay, acidic, negligible topsoil, quartz/slate
Location: Fryerstown, Victoria
Local Gov't: Mt Alexander Shire
Region: Central Goldfields/Midlands
Catchment: North Central
Climate type: Mediterranean
Heat zone: 4
Cold zone: 9b/10
Aspect: north-facing slope, with gully along eastern boundary
Land use history: goldmining, sheep grazing, remnants of domestic-scale olive plantation
Indigenous vegetation: degraded box/ironbark
Plant succession: drooping cassinia, wirilda, gums
Soil type: heavy clay, acidic, negligible topsoil, quartz/slate
See progress in these areas ...
READING FOR INSPIRATION
- SISSINGHURST: AN UNFINISHED HISTORY (Adam Nicolson) engrossing exploration of Vita Sackville-West's famous National Trust-owned home and its social and ecological history, and her grandson's efforts to return it to a functioning, economically viable farm.
- DARWIN'S ISLAND: THE GALAPAGOS IN THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND (Steve Jones) clumsily titled and sometimes awkwardly 'contemporised' but nonetheless fascinating account of Darwin's role as, among other things, the first 'soil scientist'.
- THE OLIVE GROVE: AN EXHILARATING ACCOUNT OF LEAVING THE CITY FOR LIFE ON THE LAND (Patrice Newell) better than expected reflections on a biodynamic beef and olive property in the Hunter Valley
- GARDENS OF THE GOLDFIELDS (Mary Stroebel) fantastically (if a bit luridly!) illustrated investigation of diverse gardens and gardening in our region, today and in the past.
- BUSH FOOD: ABORIGINAL FOOD AND HERBAL MEDICINE (Jennifer Isaacs) detailed and beautifully illustrated to help with identification and preparation
still to read ...
- FIELD GUIDE TO WEEDS IN AUSTRALIA (Charles Lamp and Frank Collet)
- WILD HERBS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (Tim Low)
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