Soil Searching Diaries
Plants, recipes, ideas, thoughts, musings, questions

When Ernie first stepped into Brisbane’s Master Composter course  a few years ago, she turned heads - not just because of her infectious...

After reading about Battery Park City Authority's dog waste composting program, I was very interested to find out more. It was amazing to...

Mexico City was founded by the Aztecs in 1325 AD and was built on a vast lake and a series of wetlands. This ancient culture created an...

What a perfect introduction to community composting in New York City – a Compost Bike Tour organised by the Lower East Side Ecology...

I wanted to get down and dirty in the City of Angels - beneath the glitz and glamour, the theme parks, the highways - deep down and...

One of the great things about walking rather than driving is being able to take the time to stop and fully appreciate the local street...

Easy to grow, tasty and healthy these flat leaved chives keep giving. Garlic chives and society garlic are very similar in appearance -...

Providing a distinctive South-East Asian flavour to cooking, Makrut trees are an important feature in a sub-tropical garden. The leaves...

Chokos have a bad reputation in Australia. People remember them from their childhood being served up boiled to within an inch of their...

Spending time in the garden is a great way to get exercise and soak up a bit of vitamin D from the sunshine. In addition it's an...

The work of Michael Leunig, the Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet, is so whimsically accurate in his comments...

Drinking tea is meditative, relaxing, healing and deeply cultural. From Japanese tea ceremonies to dainty English afternoon teas, a cup...

The curry leaf tree, murraya koenigii, also known as kadi patta, is part of the citrus family and very commonly used in Indian and Sri...

This curry contains the flavours of a South East Asian curry and is very versatile as any vegetables or meats can be used depending what...