Blooming And Bold: Dreaming of a non-arid christmas

Blooming and Bold

Without the buzzards and bees

Where would we all bee?

In an outdoor room

Searching for shrubs and trees ...

A blog by Nicolle Kuna, author, Green Spin (or) Promoting the Green Message (2012)

A blog about sustainable landscaping and some eco-humour and eco-creativity which helps open up audience receptivity.

Inside this blog we look at everything that is encroaching in to our natural urban landscapes –outdoor rooms (errchkem), weeds, nutrients, and the way these affect our rivers, ground-water and general environment. It's easy to forget that all our eco-systems are interconnected. The first few months of the blog are reflections on the benefits of gardens vs constructed backyards (a la the outdoor room phenomenon). More nature in our midst is a blessed thing! There’s a bit of art to add extra colour and gardenesque inspiration.

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TIME FOR A GARDEN CHECK-UP ?

Nicolle and her fellow-workers do site visits from inner Melbourne out to northern suburbs, and can help with all the issues that crop up (pardon the err ... pun) with gardens, as with the wider landscape:

eg. plant recommendations, landscape materials to use (life cycle analysis, inputs, outputs, waste and recycling aspects), fertilisers to avoid, how everything we do affects local habitats, etcetera. Workshops can be arranged, to suit the needs of the group.

To contact us – go to the contact us page http://www.converseconserve.com as the contact facility on this blog has been giving us mischief.

What’s orange and black, homeless

and likes

to pounce?

A hopping mad Xmas beetle

in its new outdoor room.

Proper attribution for above garden design goes to

Andrew Jones, artist and designer.

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Saturday, 24 December 2011

Dreaming of a non-arid christmas

It's late December, and low to mid 30s celcius time. The other day, 49 degrees celcius was reached, although I forgot which region.

This is what Christmas in Australia is all about. Pretend snow, Agapanthus, white xmas trees and lights a flashing, too much food at lunches on days we refer to as 'stinkers' or 'scorchers'.

Christmas in Australia certainly beats being in the Maldives, the Phillipines, Africa, Christchurch, NZ (repeat earthquakes!), Northern Japan, and most of the rest of the world, at the moment.

Also, the caterpillar which crawled out of the the corn which I placed under the Christmas tree is living proof that organic farming is critter friendly! See photos of caterpillar wishing everyone a merry Christmas.

Our cockatiels were enjoying a good soaking with the spray bottle.

Blooming And Bold