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And the two-year-old said “I want to grow a…”
Early evening, after sunset when the dark is drawing near. The fifth day of seven or eight hot days in a row. The first time in three days when the wind has swung around to the south, cooling the air … Continue reading →
Posted in Cooking and eating, My stories
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Tagged child farmers, children, farming stories, kids, outdoor kids, teaching agriculture, the magic garden
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Value-adding, farm tourism and providoring
On-farm-businesses; value-adding. I think everyone at some stage thinks “How can I make more money with the resources I’ve got?”. Retirement and succession issues mean we also sometimes think “How can we best use the farm given my/our changing abilities?”. … Continue reading →
Night markets at the farm
It’s a warm summer’s evening after a 38 degree day. The sea breeze is in but that just means the air’s no longer baking and it’s got a bit more humid. The pumpkin vines look fine with healthy tendrils exploring … Continue reading →
Saturday links
Normally every Saturday’s post on AgriTapestry is a collection of agriculture, agritecture, urban farming and gardening related links, often stories that have come up during the week. This week the discussion’s been very heavily dominated by the live export problem … Continue reading →
And they lived happily ever after
Ms4 was telling her brother a story she’d made up. As usual, a scary monster story. She ended her story thus: “They all went home safe and sound. They became farmers and lived happily ever after.” …I may be guilty … Continue reading →
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Tagged arid lands farming, child farmers, fairytales, farming stories, kids
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Saturday links
Every Saturday’s post on AgriTapestry is a collection of agriculture, agritecture, urban farming and gardening related links, often stories that have come up during the week. Here’s this week’s: DNA tests take the guesswork out of breeding easycare sheep (Sheep … Continue reading →
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Tagged agricultural representation, biosecurity, bushland regeneration, computing, cucumbers, DNA, farming stories, food security, food sovereignty, grapes, industry bodies, knowledge sharing, olives, rain, regeneration, research, sheep, South Korea, sustainable agriculture, technology, urban agriculture, urban-rural divide
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Soaked pants, ant bites and grumpy slugs
I visited Mum’s farm on the weekend, an avocado farm down near Albany. One of the first in the area, started back in the era when Aussies thought that “vegetables” meant cauliflower, cabbage, carrot and potato, a farm well overtaken … Continue reading →
Posted in My stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged avocados, childhood memories, chores, daily work, drip irrigation, farming stories, irrigation, orchard, watering systems
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Saturday links
Every Saturday’s post on AgriTapestry is a collection of agriculture, agritecture, urban farming and gardening related links, often stories that have come up during the week. Here’s this week’s: Fremantle Rooftop Community Garden starting on Myers rooftop Stunning research brings … Continue reading →
The beauty of ideas
Over in the UK there’s a design team building something called a Gravity Light. Their challenge was to build some kind of light suitable for underdeveloped countries, and after looking at solar for a while they said “well, anything that … Continue reading →
Saturday links: Big Picture in many little voices – a farm blog special
Every Saturday’s post on AgriTapestry is a collection of agriculture, agritecture, urban farming and gardening related links. Usually that’s stories that have come up during the week from various news outlets, research centres and industry associations, but today I’m going … Continue reading →
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Tagged big picture, farm blogs, farmers, farming stories, national
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