Good morning from sunny Sunbury in Australia. I am here for another year then back to the Farmy. Life is changing all the time and I bring you with me. With joy! You’ll know by now that I’ve taken my writing over to Substack. I pop back in here to the archives often; there is…

Me too. The immobile oil tankers, plus war in the region where most of our oil originates is unnerving. People dying. European hospitals overflowing with military casualties being airlifted in. Refineries shutting down. The tension is palpable. We are going to feel this on the farm, too. Thankfully our fertilizer is local chicken manure and…

Popping over to see how you all are. Maybe scoop you up and drive you back to my new place for a cuppa. My pictures are on another platform now. ⬇️ This is my latest post and another one coming out there tomorrow. All my garden pictures are there. All current. In my Melbourne garden.…

I’m writing over on Substack now, and that’s where this little corner of the world has moved. I’d love you to come with me. If you subscribe there, you’ll get the same stories, the same news from the farm and gardens and travels- and plenty of photographs – delivered straight to you. Go HERE. Today’s…

Remember my old rule of keeping whatever title comes first into my head. Well, I just arrived in California from wintry Melbourne, Australia and it cannot get too hot for me. Though the winters are mild in Melbourne there is nothing quite as delicious, for a cold tired body, as the full bodied heat of…