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Sun Run, take two
This morning Kylie and I completed our second Sun Run in two years. At first it didn’t look like the sun was even going to make an appearance, and we were both flabbergasted by the extremes in weather from last year where the temperature had already reached 25 degrees at 6:30am. We were grateful for…
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Book Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The book “A Discovery of Witches” made such an impact on me that it has inspired me to write my first book review post. This is probably an attempt to remind myself how much I enjoy reading, and that I should do it more often. It always seems that I only make the time to…
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How to Make Delicious White Bread at Home
Baking bread at home is an enjoyable thing to do when you have snippets of time through the day. It is slow living at it’s best, activating all the senses. The textile meditation as you roll out the dough, then practicing patience as it slowly rises. Only to then joyfully punch the air out of…
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Mother Nature’s Weather is Confusing my Chickens Egg Production
We have three Australorp chickens, the one above is Fry. She is curious and my favourite. I’ve had her since she was two days old. She grew up in a box in my craft room until she was big enough to go outside. That is probably how she became Baxter’s favourite chicken too. You may…
The Beaches Farm Girl
Straight talking sustainability
This is how it all started…
My eco-warrior journey started out as a primary school child when the World Wildlife Fund visited my school. I became aware of people who were looking out for Mother Nature and her creatures, and realised that I was one of those people.
The journey of an eco-warrior is never ending, and when I moved out of home I was quick to start growing my own herbs. At the same time I figured I may as well grow my own tomatoes and strawberries too, and this attempt led to an unexpected friendship with my elderly neighbour who didn’t speak English and I who didn’t speak Italian. What my neighbour didn’t know in English she made up for with food growing knowledge and kidness which she passed on to me. It was her influence that has led me down the path of empowering others to grow their own food.
Nadene Dorling
Blogger, Eco-Warrior and Actor