Creating a Sustainable Sunshine Coast - Nambour to Mooloolah

I just love this time of year... I was tending to the chooks this morning; letting them out of their nighthouses, feeding them, tidying their beds, picking greens and grubs for them and topping up their water with molasses... and I was just struck by the beauty in the garden.

Everything is so green and lush, the air is crisp and the sun is bright. What a wonderful time of the year here.

Last night's dinner of minestrone soup contained a lot of goodies from the garden and tonight's dinner will too. We are currently harvesting broccoli, zucchini, cabbage, spinach, kale, and lots of salad greens. Still eating pumpking from the garden too, plus the usual herbs and goodies. The tomatoes are tempting us with their tiny yellow flowers - a promise of things to come.

Our lovely crop of potatoes are almost ready, but not quite, we have to resist bandicooting (harvesting) them just yet...

The coffee trees are on the go too, we are harvesting the berries and continuing the process of preparing them for roasting.

We made a huge compost from the materials left over from the organic and permaculture section at the Queensland Home Garden Expo, so we're looking forward to spreading that around the garden in Spring.

Our new wood fire heater/oven/cooktop is proving to be great - we have moved our bed into the main house so we can enjoy the warmth overnight and really make the most of it.

Speaking of wood fires, we were invited to a BBQ lunch at a Cooloolabin campsite the other day - an informal get togethers for locals but we scored an invitation anyway - and I really enjoyed standing round the campfire, eating, drinking and chatting with people - a wonderful atmosphere and reminicent of a time past when people took time to talk, were unhurried, and enjoyed community. The Australian bush must be in my dna, I feel so comfortable there...

First meeting of the Eudlo Relocalisation Groups is this Sunday in the park opposite the General Store in town from 11am - looking forward to that to see how we can begin making changes in our small community to prepare for the future - and maybe return to the past a little too.

Cheers,
Sonya