Earth Garden

From desert to little piece of Italy

Given that our backyard now looked like a desert, it seemed I had a reasonable blank canvas.

COMING back to a weathered and gasping-for-water garden wasn’t quite what I was expecting after being away for just a few weeks. Sure, I’d anticipated a little natural selection, set up some water saving devices, and knew when we got back some extra enthusiasm would be needed to get things up to premium growing level. However

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