My goal is to live a happy, healthy, stress-free and self sustainable life. I realise that in our Westernised culture that we can never be fully self sufficient. And I am not willing to give up many of the luxuries to which I have become accustomed, but I would like to minimise my impact on the Earth and maximise my family's health. I love gardening, cooking, sewing, entertaining and travelling.
After changing and moving my vegie garden more times than I care to mention, today, I am going to start a permaculture garden. I've found this website useful http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/ in giving me a general over view on Permacuture and I quite like this description of Permaculture:
Permaculture is about "...saving the planet and living to be a hundred, while throwing very impressive dinner parties and organising other creatures to do most of the work." (Linda Woodrow)
I have just been to the local nursery with four soil samples where they tested the pH for me and they are all pH neutral. Good news. I also bought 3 bags of horse poo and an extra zappy electric fence. Look out Sunny! No more diggy in my garden for you!
I am going to start with zone one and get that right, then develop more. I don't want to go too hard, too early and give up after the entire thing gets over grown with weeds! I am going to put chives, parsley, basil, mint and other every day herbs right at the door step so I actually start using them in my cooking.
Photos to come...
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