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The first golden summer

02 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by Joel in diy, planning, regeneration

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ecology, events, kangaroos, photography, planning, recycling, revegetation, seeds, soil, summer, trees, waste

Another hot dawn breaks

Another hot dawn breaks

While the sun still has some sting left in it, we’ve now completed our first official summer working with the block. When we settled the contract in late November, we began drafting a phased plan for actions to take over the 2012/13 period and beyond. We intended the first year (at least) to be primarily a process of observing and auditing the property, learning what we can about what is here, what has been and what is possible.

Golden afternoon light on the big red gum and the hills beyond

Golden afternoon light on the big red gum and the hills beyond

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Planning for Regeneration

15 Tuesday Jan 2013

Posted by Joel in planning

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ecology, erosion, kangaroos, permaculture, planning, revegetation, soil, summer, trees, water

IMG_2030Strangely, one of the things that attracted us to this particular patch of ground was its need for regeneration. With only three established trees on all 47 acres, one of our first projects is to plan revegetation in an attempt to return areas of the landscape to a reflection of the Pink Gum Woodland it likely was 180 years ago.

Imagining Pink Gum Woodland, based on local seeds we've gathered. (Illustration by Joel)

My imagined Pink Gum Woodland, based on local seeds we’ve gathered.

In the spirit of the permaculture principle of observation before action, we’ve been restraining our compulsion to do stuff to instead spend the first year or so primarily attempting to learn the patterns of the landscape, auditing what’s here and reflecting on possibilities before we start digging holes. Continue reading →

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