How do you grow veggies in Drylands? Drylands are areas where the evaporation rate is higher than the rainfall rate. As well as having a dryland climate, Geraldton has soils of white aluminium sand. In the early days a lot of effort went into building up the soil. The area which is now the veggie/seed [...]
One of my jobs here has been to let the ducks into their sleeping quarters in the evenings, where they are safe from foxes. They wait in the same spot (most afternoons!) waiting to go in. They just need to be encouraged a bit, as they know where to go. There are a few different [...]
The place I’m WWOOFing at sells organic, heirloom variety seeds. Heirloom seeds are open pollinated, which means that the plants can be left to go to seed, the seeds harvested, and a new crop can be grown from them the next year. Hybrid seeds, which are often the varieties sold by large commercial seed sellers, [...]
This region is known for it’s wildflowers. Lucky for me I got here at the right time of year, after a good winter, so I got to see some wildflowers. We drove about an hour inland to Coalseam Conservation Park, it was amazing. The flowers really do carpet the ground. Today I got to see [...]
My next destination is Geraldton, a 7 hour bus trip North of Perth. I’ve chosen to go by land from Ballarat to get here – bus to Adelaide, train to Perth, then a bus to Geraldton – three days travel. I’m so glad I chose to go this way, I’ve been able to see far [...]