The Billy Goat Yard
Also known as The Cattle Yard. I’m all for anything that fulfills more than one important function. It’s one of the cornerstones of the permaculture* approach to agriculture, horticulture and gardening. We are not...
Category: Self-reliance
The Cattle Yard
Dad liked building sturdy structures out of wood. He got as much satisfaction making in-built bookcases to house his many books as he did reading them. He’d make bookcases that went from the ceiling...
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Many people think of herbs as a collection of about five plants in the kitchen garden, occasionally used in a sauce or stuffing – mint, thyme, parsley, chives and sage. The first sentence of...
Subterranean water pipe blues revisited
I’m wound up. I’ve been trying to wind-back the stress caused by my latest water pipe woes: vigorous exercise; a few days leave of absence; meditation of sorts. Clocking up fast clip distances walking...
Wallaby Woes
Predicted distributions of dama wallabies (North Island, left) and Bennett’s wallabies (South Island, right) from 2015 through to 2065. These models were created in 2015, based on the best available data at that time....
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