I feel like I should be living in my grandparents time. Have been working like crazy past few months and it had paid off. Now 2 of my neighbours have dug there yards up and put in vegetable gardens. They have both come and asked for propagation material for some of my stranger plants. Have a group of people I work with in our community gardens and we all swap seedlings and produce. Grocery bill is down by about 90% compared to 4-5 years ago. Here is my first crop of native plums, so very sour they are awesome, about to become chutney.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.They look great and that is an amazing food forest!
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Posted by walklightly1519 days after successfully escorting metgasco off the land: bentley of the northern rivers, nsw, australia - clear air, pure water, clean soil.
Posted by walklightly1519 days after successfully escorting metgasco off the land: bentley of the northern rivers, nsw, australia - clear air, pure water, clean soil.
Posted by JackPedigoI saw this today and even though it is a bit old it applies especially these days. It referenced the "boiling Frog Syndrome" which I have posted several times.
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Posted by farmboy2017I make cast iron sculpture by recycling old steam radiators and re- melting the iron. This tile is about 4" x6".
Posted by farmboy2017I make cast iron sculpture by recycling old steam radiators and re- melting the iron. This tile is about 4" x6".
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Posted by RugglesbySadly in suburbia these days, I did have a few acres on the coast a little further south 8 years back, sadly property settlements and so forth, so I start again - again - again.