Sustainable materials for gardening
Rich people ate chicken in restaurants while the rest of us were thriving on naturally grown vegetables, fresh eggs, fish caught from the sea that day, scallops, lobster, mutton birds when in season and kangaroo tail soup. Mum used to claim, and rightly so, she had 14 different ways to serve scallops as she had long ago tired of us saying 'Oh no! Not scallops again'. Dad had old brown paper bags neatly stored in the linen cupboard full of seeds from the previous harvest, ready to be planted come the new season. Mum spent hours and hours preserving vegetables and fruits, making jams, pickles, preserves and what seemed to be hundreds of toffee apples for us kids. We grew up in those early years never knowing that 'take-away' or 'fast-food' even existed. I hardly ever saw an overweight kid and high cholesterol and high blood pressure in children was a rarity, not like in today's society. Every meal we ate as children was homemade, most of the ingredients were home grown and they were healthy, nutritious, non fattening and delicious.
My friends were the kids in my street, we lived as neighbours, went to the same school and walked into each others houses as if it was our own. I have seen a lot of places using the phrase 'it takes a whole village to raise a child', in our case it only took one street. If it sounds ideal, it was. It was, fun, it was safe, it was my whole world and I loved every moment. 
Then out of the blue, as does happen to some people I got 'whacked in the head' by the joy of gardening, all its intricacies, its secrets, its needs, its wants, what goes with what, what clashes, what compliments, what helps, what hinders and the list goes on and on. I knew that gardening was such a massively diverse area and decided I would dedicate myself to gaining real, genuine skills in the specific areas of sustainable gardening and sustainable horticulture. I had been living within the values of a sustainable urban lifestyle for some years anyway, so it was an easy transition for me to make towards sustainable gardening. And who would have thought having
a home dialysis machine could help create such a sustainable garden.
For my day job I am an NLP Trainer and co-owner of a training company delivering Adult Education courses and trainings, everything from self-development, conflict resolution, communication skills, coaching etc. As a business whenever possible we purchase sustainable materials. I also enrol and attend many courses as a student myself, I normally attend 7-10 short courses each year on a vast range of topics, I love learning and love teaching. I am also a trained and certified Permaculture Design Consultant which fits hand in glove with the values of sustainability. I am always aware of the impact I am having on the environment and endeavour whenever possible to use sustainable materials, whether that be for the house, garden or business. I hope this website will inspire and teach you new ideas in sustainability and the use of sustainable materials and also become an ongoing and ever developing resource for you. Return from About Me to Sustainable Gardening Tips
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