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Dis-guitarded materials

Dwen was about to leave for France on her last day in Australia after a year of WWOOFing, following in the foot-steps of her grandparents. Here she is holding up her gorgeous knitted guitar case made from unwanted wool gleaned from Op shops around the country. Behind her is our Sydney verge garden which has replaced the lawn and is fully planted with a huge variety of edible plants and companion flowers. It has become a kind of edge school for local children. The soil is gradually built up with discarded organic materials found close by such as lawn clippings and dry leaves and discaded treasures are left for children to take, or decide not to.

 Read Dwen's Wwwoof story in the 2012 Permaculture Diary.


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Principle 11: Use edges & value the marginal. Proverb: Don't think you are on the righ track just because its a well-beaten path