2015
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A bee, just hovering just in front of a Society Garlic flower. -
A black (and red) tomato, one of my favourites; but also of the 'wildlife'. -
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Chillies!! This one called Joes Long Cayenne. Very nice. -
Verge Blitz, great to have some help with a project like this. -
Huge no-dig in the front yard, with heaps of weeds and grass. -
In the process, compost, manures and more - on top of the cardboard and paper. -
Finished, with straw mulch -
Then... massive spring growth - sunflowers and pumpkins. -
Sunflower close-up, bees loving them; although not so much the pumpkins, which experienced poor pollination despite the apparent health of the system. -
Flowers on the Verge -
Wisteria, an amazing show for a couple of weeks - and did you know it is nitrogen fixing!? -
A new area with recycled bricks and concrete being chucked away -
A deep 'swale' to hold water in the food-forest. -
Best strawberry harvest in years! -
Huge apricot harvest, filled a dozen bottles.
2015 turned out to be a full, productive and exciting year. The first full year of ‘Watts Permaculture’. Here’s a short list of things we accomplished this year:
- Advanced Permaculture design course
- Design and implementation of our Food Forest
- Verge blitz & heaps more growing space in the front yard
- Completed two reasonably detailed permaculture designs
- Sold dozens of boxes of produce to locals
- Helped with the Grovedale Community Orchard, and some Permaculture Geelong events.
A bit of a delayed new years post, but I want to thank everyone who has supported my small operation in 2015, and I’m really looking forward to this year – even more so after the huge dumping of rain we just received… more on rainfall and water, later.
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Finally, one of my favorite pics of the year; Asher (and neighbour Zac’s) sand creativity with various garden toppings at hand.
