In conversation with Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettit
Poster for In Conversation Event with Mayor Pettit and Michael Mobbs It would be great to share food, stories and conversation with Freo folk when Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettit and I discuss my new book, Sustainable Food; Monday 17 December 630 for 7 pm. No reservations so just turn up with your appetite and curiosity – see you there, Michael Read More
Sydney’s new ecovillage going ahead
Narrara ecovillage land Lyndall Parris, the driving force behind the Narrara ecovillage about an hour or so north of Sydney, NSW, wrote to me last week with news of the project and here is what she said: “Since signing the contract to purchase the land on 26 September there has been much activity. We have formed a Board of Directors, a Steering team and 6 Working teams (Development, Legal & Finance, Sales & Marketing, IT &... Read More
New bee hive in Dulwich Hill, Sydney
Last week, after splitting the native stingless bee hive at my Chippendale place we took the new hive to Judy’s place at Dulwich Hill. New Dulwich Hill hive – tied together ’til bees wax the three compartments together The bees in both hives have had a couple of big meetings outside the hive, forming a swirling circle about a metre in diametre where they discuss the recent upset of their lives and the new hive; what they do and... Read More
WIRES needs your bugs
WIRES need us – our bugs, that is WIRES are experiencing a 27 per cent increase in wild critters needing their care. Causes of the dramatic increase are diverse – habitat loss, climate change . . . But the rescued critters need to eat – maggots, worms, bugs . . . and so WIRES need us to give them what spare bugs we have. Read More
Lazy gardeners like perennials
As a practising lazy gardener I’m drawn to plants that self- seed, keep growing year after year and look after themselves without me. Lis’s Thai-inspired spaghetti and vermicelli-like squash salad So I enjoyed listening to Lis Bastian describe the perennials in her garden at Blackheath, NSW, recently and asked her to write out a list of them; here’s what Lis sent me: “Yacon or yakon www.greenharvest.com… Spaghetti Squash... Read More
