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About sopheyfig

Hi, my name is Alexandria. Let me tell you a little bit about me and why this blog. Born in Melbourne, a boom baby, I lived the first 2 years of my life in and around a mud brick house that my parents built in Warrandyte before moving to suburban Brisbane in 1955. My mother's family, the McClintocks, were stacked with artists, teachers, readers, healers, radicals and gardeners and I have inherited a good slice of each. My father was a carpenter and following in his footsteps, I have a fine collection of power tools and I use them all. You might call me a Jack, no Jill, no Alexexandria of all trades but I prefer the term multi-talented. Mild mannered librarian by week day, the weekends see me observing, designing, recycling, and creating my permaculture patch in the back yard, my own little Garden of Eden. Do I have a Permaculture Design Certificate? - you bet - 2013 at Northey Street City Farm http://www.nscf.org.au/. Am I ready to spread the love? - in spadefulls. What I'm hoping is that as I send dispatches out into the World of Blog about what's happening in my patch, whether you'e curious or passionate about the topic, you will come pay a visit, share your thoughts and experiences with me, because which ever way you look at it Permaculture Rocks!

Oportunity

One of the (many) things I love about permaculture is the creativity it inspires. One of permaculture’s mantras is that there is opportunity in every problem. The seeds of the opportunity lie dormant within the problem. Observe carefully and you … Continue reading

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Brown Lake, North Stradbroke Island

sand water air sunshine nature’s intelligence a wee sprinkle of fairy dust and what you get are these beautiful reeds stalking the waterline growing on the edge

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