 Early Autumn (March 27) the rain came, too late RIP mulberry tree, down in the main gully. I thought of all the places you would thrive, it's where all the water flowed. You grew faithfully, like a weed, for many years. But we were about to learn something new in this landscape together. When it doesn't rain for months on end, then summer comes and we miss our usual rainfall too - well, the gully doesn't capture water. At all.
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 Nature is knocking at the door Born out of a lack of time, too much land and aspects of weather, I don't always get outside when I need to. Some weeks, months or even years later, I return to particular locations, and find an overgrown jungle. In the past, this frustrated me. Only because of the thought of having to pull it all out, and starting again.
However, this sometimes unavoidable (sometimes deliberate) approach of, "do nothing", has taught me some cost-effective and environmentally friendly strategies.  June 2008 - first bin When we started composting on our land, we thought a large standing compost bin, was the way to go. The kind with multiple bays. We built three, out of recycled pallets. It was appealing, because we had the opportunity to make a large batch of compost, in one go. Unfortunately, we weren't generating enough of all the different ingredients to make a substantial batch.
 2007 - initial front terraces, as the house was still under construction We've been living on our 5 acres of bushland, for twelve years now. Easter, was the anniversary of moving in. Our leap into large-scale gardening, happened to coincide with the cultural celebration, for new life and new beginnings. Easter. Since this cultural celebration, just passed - it was fitting to share an areal view, of what all that Natural Sequence Farming, Permaculture and Natural Succession Gardening, has achieved during that time.
 Photo by Olenka Sergienko from Pexels If you've followed from my old Blogging platform, thank you! There were several good reasons to make this leap. So Google+ shutting down, in April, was the catalyst. As suddenly, I was going to lose years of comments, that were part of our story. Heartbreaking. It prompted a serious review of what my blog actually meant.
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