Showing posts with label chives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chives. Show all posts
21 September 2010
a new herb garden
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As plans for a redesigned veggie patch take hold, I've realised I'll need to start a new herb garden. The existing one, in what was one of the old veg 'beds', has actually been one of my few successes. Mint, lemon balm, chives, shallots, sage, oregano, thyme ... for a couple of years now there's always been something to throw in the cooking, toss over a salad, or brew into a tea.
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 ...
Blog Archive
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)