Life could just be conspiring to do you good
In the last blog I talked about the unseen connections in a forest floor; the mycelium, the invertebrates, the lichen, all working towards a flourishing.
The same happens for us we just don’t necessarily pay attention to it.
Wired to spot threat
Our brain has evolved to spot threats as part of our survival strategy. … Read more
Connections
How to grow a forest
This title might seem the complete antithesis to the focus of the last blog which was on meeting your own needs. On the afternoon of the second day of our course, Steve showed us how mycorrhizal networks support trees and how forests grow from lichen through a series of … Read more
Earth care, people care, fair share – and why being needy can be creative
Permaculture ethics
These are the principles of Permaculture that we covered on the first morning of our first day of our first ever integrated Permaculture Design Course (IPDC) at Treflach Farm.
Ceri, Steve and I have known each other for years. We know and understand each other’s work to some extent but have never collaborated … Read more
We all need the same things
Wasps have a bad rep in our house. I think it might have started when the boys were playing with a friend’s sons, in her garden and one of them poked a wasps nest with a stick. It didn’t end well. The wasps won.
The wasps didn’t help themselves when we went out to celebrate … Read more
Certainty
I have a tendency, a desiring for, a preference for – certainty.
My preference is to know what time you will be home, to know if I have work next year, to know that this relationship is going to last. Not knowing is uncomfortable. If I knew what time you were getting home, or going … Read more
Sunflowers and Gratitude
I work with Neil.
Sometimes we walk together and talk. He can be really serious. You should see his Facebook posts about Trump.
He is also hilarious, witty, creative and sharp. Hence the walks.
It is good to work with people who make you laugh and I am lucky that I work with funny people, … Read more