10 ways to make great use of Canna

Perennial Canna ( Canna edulis ) is an abundant permaculture plant in the subtropics, also known as Queensland Arrowroot. I can't imagin...

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Good Food: Good Life: My recipe for simple eggy bake straight from the garden.

'Eggy bake' is a common meal in our house and one of our all time favourites - named by the kids. Mostly it's just abundant gree...

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Sustainable Fashion: stand up for something good.

What does it take to have a sustainable wardrobe? What is fast fashion and why do we need to reconsider this trend of consumable, disposable...

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I have lots of compost systems, but this is the fastest!

I am continuously amazed at how wonderful azolla is - this floating fern. Azolla pinnata is the native in my area but there are many localis...

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My favourite compost plant

There are so many amazing benefits of Azolla for food, fibre, fuel, fodder, mulch, fertiliser, carbon drawdown and more.   I just can't ...

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Worm towers work

If you've wondered about worm towers, and whether they'd actually work, take a look at this short little video I made of one of mine...

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Food waste - a huge polluter. This has to change!

Food waste needs to be centre stage on our agenda for change. Food waste is one of the biggest pollution issues on the planet. It produces m...

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Pigeon Pea - a perennial permaculture pioneer plant with Morag Gamble

Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) is a super useful permaculture plant. This legume has so many valuable uses in the garden, on the farm and in the...

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Our Permaculture Garden: Before and After Photos

It only takes a few years to create an abundant food forest garden. I was reminded again of this recently when I was going through some old ...

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