Do something useful
1982 and Brunswick is a dying suburb with a ten acre former rubbish tip overgrown with wild fennel and boxthorn.
Full circle peaches
When I saw the golden clingstones tucked in my Fair Food box this week I smiled and thought to myself – I know these peaches.
The versatile sugar gum
Looking back to the devastation of Victoria’s Mallee country and the windbreaks of the dust bowl, from the comfort of a Fair Wood sugar gum deck.
Regluing
And in a time where the world seems out of control these simple community rituals are a kind of annual regluing of bonds that hold us together and reaffirm who we are.
Value beyond toil
Living more and more online so much of the work we do has become hidden, making it hard for us to see who does what and how much effort goes into the products and services we consume.
Scratching around
There’s nothing like the mass disappearance of eggs to get people’s attention. When I call James from Mountain View Free Range he’s just coming home from their farmers market stand in Flemington.