The Afterword

Tag: gardening

  • The Windowsill Garden

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    Peter
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    Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it? It wasn’t gardening, exactly. Not the glossy kind. Not raised beds, designer pots, carefully planned courtyards, or Saturday spent wandering through nurseries. It was COVID. A five-kilometre radius. Closed borders. Cancelled plans. Too much time indoors and nowhere much to go. I…

  • A Season That Sings

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    Peter
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    What’s your favourite season of the year? For me, it’s spring—without question. There’s something about Sydney in springtime that makes the world feel new again. Not in a loud or showy way, but in the quiet unfolding of beauty—one flower, one birdcall, one longer afternoon at a time. Bushwalking becomes a joy this time of…

  • Not Later, But Now

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    Peter
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    For a while now, I’ve carried a quiet intention:to spend more time in nature — not just walking through it, but working with it.To be part of something restorative, to give back to the land in small, steady ways. I’ve told myself that this kind of thing belongs to the “next season” of life.When things…