A murmuration of swallows
If, say, we were gardening in the street and I was to yell, “Huh, look, a murmuration of swallows”, would you know I was using the collective noun for a gathering of swallows, not the sounds they may be making then? And if it were a particularly abundant day in the skies of Chippendale, and, looking up, we espied lots of magpies, and you said, “Crikey, a tiding of magpies”, would I know what you referred to? It’s not... Read More
Making apple juice
For three ways to make juice from apples I can think of no better short guide than George Monbiot’s in his column this week – for terrific writing and clear directions read it here: www.monbiot.com… He’s also provided some beaut photos. Enjoy, Michael Read More
The Unknown Chippendale Artist
Recent sculpture by The Unknown Chippendale Artist For several years small sculptures in surprising places have appeared in Chippendale. And you can walk past many of them and never see them. I’ll put some photos up another time of the old ones. This one is new and in a very obvious place; I won’t say where as that would take the fun out of it. This is the biggest work so far and the most obvious. “Hello”, whoever you are;... Read More
Composting art
Compost bin with undercoat Graham Chalcroft, an artist with a studio at Addison Road Gardens, has finished the first stage of his art project on one of our compost bins – the undercoat. Watch this space for Graham’s finished work – the compost bin as art; it’s going to be a bright beauty. M Read More
Talk at Devonshire Cottage, Chatswood, Wed 10 Nov
I’m giving a talk called, ‘Tips for Sustainable Home Design’. It’s on Wednesday 10th November 2010 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at the ‘Devonshire Street Cottage’. The cottage was built in approximately 1920 and has under gone a major green retrofit. It is a great example of what can be achieved with buildings of that age and on a small budget. Also there is a fabulous edible community garden out the back to explore. Location: 34... Read More
