In class on Monday we talked about how there's more than four seasons here in Thurgoona.  There's many permutations of Dry, wet, hot, cold, and the stages in between.  The most important part is to look at the signs of each of the seasons and get to know when it's arrived.  Keeping a diary is a good way of doing this. Read more »

This was such a busy week. Our calendar was jam packed with one to two events a day. Pretty stressful. But I think still achieved a lot as well.

In Mondays class about Organic Farm Design. We learnt about Maps, Ridges and Gulleys.  This lead to thinking about how water flows and where it would be stored on a property. Lee Anne shared her map she's been drawing on see through table cloths, such a cool idea:

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Here's the plan of my garden for spring. It's about 17m x 12m, the garden squares at the left are 3mx1m ish, total vege garden area is around 18m^2.

I'm using the crop rotation system which I represent a bit like this:

Here's the plan for spring:

Tuesday we went to a Candle Lit Vigil hosted by GetUp Albury Wodonga.   People told stories about how Mental Health had affected their lives and what they think the government can do to help.  Most people felt disapointed in what the politicians are promising this campaign. Read more »

We drove to Sydney this weekend for the City to Surf. But first we went to Petes House Warming!  We grabbed some pide from Paramatta road, I loved seeing the families in the shop and how they were interacting with each other over some hommus and bread.

We had a quiet Saturday, visiting my school friend Megan and her two boys: Read more »

We've been enjoying our life here in Albury. We've started to make some great friends, really generous people. So it's all been fun.  We struggle with priorities, I want to save for some land and a house, but overseas trips keep tempting us. Our friend Christian is getting married in Pakistan, and we just missed a conference in the Netherlands. There is always some event we feel pulling us away, but it'd be very expensive, and completely change our lifestyle again. Read more »

Today we joined the Friends of Willow Park and checked what was in bird houses and helped put up new bird houses through out the very wonderful parkland in Wodonga.

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We decided on another kids experiment this week, putting some avocado seeds up on the windowsill in hopes they'll grow.  I was back at TAFE on Wednesday and we worked on propegating from hard wood cuttings.  Mulberries, figs, willows, plus wonderful herbs and plants from around the farm.  Back at home I made my own potting mix with some sand, rocks and some compost.  Will just have to see how it goes with some winter seeds. Read more »

Friday night, Jan took me out for a very special dinner at Source Dining, here in Albury.  It was fantastic.   Each dish was a piece of art, and although they looked tiny there was enough on each plate to share half of each course with each other.  Quite romantic!

On Saturday I did a Media training course which was fantastic. We were taught how to get the attention of the person we want to publish a story. Also how to figure out what the most interesting part of the story really is. Read more »

The Thurgoona Community Garden has been progressing so quickly during the last five weeks. Read more »