Winter wisdom is essential for those of you in the start-up phase. But equally, every gardener benefits because trees grow and much changes – your landscape is ever evolving. It pays to keep your finger on the pulse.

Understanding your land and your climate first is key to you making sound placement choices. "...protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labour" Bill Mollison (co founder of permaculture) wisely advises. Start by making a basemap - a birds eye view sketch or photo of your land.

Here's a super cool project, one that wont get you dirty, but that will advance your gardens cause in leaps and bounds. Create, over time, a list of the trees + plants e.g. shelter, fruit, support trees and perennials, that are well suited to your place + your needs.

Shelter lays the foundation for a thriving food garden. What a difference to productivity when our crops are nicely tucked away! Today, I'm going to set you on the road to a handsome as, targetted and super low-maintenance shelter that once established, needs no pruning/ trimming/ fussing

The first permaculture book I read was "The Permaculture Home Garden" by Linda Woodrow. Back in mumblemumble 1997. I read it from cover to cover one cold weekend in bed with my first baby, those were the days. I gobbled it up. Linda made so much sense. One