Yarn & Yield

11/10/2026

After a brief storm, we headed to the Wellbeing Garden to plant medicinal herbs. We planted echinacea, Yarrow, Valerian, Memory Herb, Rosella, Plantain, and Self-Heal Herb. It was a great start to our Wellbeing Garden, and we're grateful for the rain, which moistened the soil and made planting easier.

10/10/2026

It's time to bring back an updated version of the Victory Garden. We have a beautiful piece of land with amazing soil and unlimited access to water. We have the beginnings of garden beds ready for weeding, planting and harvesting. Let's do it together; it's more fun. Join us on our community days. Link in the comments.

05/10/2026

Some sobering statistics; 70% of the world's farmland is controlled by just 1% of the world's largest farms. OR 5 of 6 agricultural sectors meet the definition of an oligopoly, with four companies controlling more than 40% of the market.
Time for a food revolution: small, local-scale food production done the regenerative way. We will be one of those small local farms.
Today we are weeding; tomorrow we plant, and in time we harvest. We do that as a community.

Check out the short documentary on The Economics of Eating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WdGvF9zXf8

29/09/2026

29/09/2026

Ever heard of TAG - The Adaptation Game? The Adaptation Game (TAG) is an inclusive storytelling experience that scales climate change and disaster preparedness down from overwhelming global fears to local, human risks and realities.

TAG provides a fictional experience of ‘living through’ three natural disasters in their local area. TAG enables players to create their own place-based storylines that clearly and meaningfully humanise disaster planning and climate change in players’ lives in a practical, actionable way. After playing, players have taken actions such as joining community groups, starting neighbourhood WhatsApp groups, and generally reporting a better understanding of personal and communal resilience.

Join others at Caloundra Library or the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre to experience TAG.

18/09/2026

We are all connected. Separation is an illusion.

11/09/2026

A short Substack story about the moment that arrives, an idea that blossoms, a philosophy of ecosophy.

There are moments

06/09/2026

The Little Kurrajong tree on the side of the dam has started to flower. It is a small tree of the genus Brachychiton found in the tropical regions of eastern Australia. It is one of 30 species in this genus.

Interesting fact: all species are monoecious, with separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Kurrajong comes from the Dhark language garrajun, 'fishing line', as fishing lines were made from kurrajong bark.