Both of these concepts: guerilla gardening and seedballing, drew an instant fascination for me (even though I felt the guerilla gardening concept had quite a goody-nerd feel to all of it).
Guerrilla gardening: the idea that empty, plantless or shabby areas (whether in the city, towns wherever) get a makeover but usually done secretly as most [...]

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Ever wondered where to find free rocks; especially here in Joburg? I was dying to build a herb spiral and needed to do it on the cheap. And guess who came along? Grudgingly though because I was cutting into his gaming time.
I’d been going on and on for a few days about needing rocks and [...]

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Forlawn isn’t it?

Here it is, our spacious backyard – looks deceptively large in the photo for some reason but in reality it isn’t. Though, when I first decided on going ahead with this whole project experimentation I did feel a bit overwhelmed. Where to start?
So I focussed on a small area nearest the house and [...]

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These words from Fukuoka’s book, The Natural Way of Farming (The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy), caught my attention. I had come across his books after first discovering permaculture and Bill Mollison (but, more on that in another post).
Masanobu, a farmer-philosopher (and former scientist) states:

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