Backyard and Outdoor Living

WILD AND wonderful

I left the rat race behind 15 years ago when my wife and I moved to Wingham, a rural hamlet 320km north of Sydney. Four gently sloping acres (1.6 hectares) adjacent to a dairy farm and beef grazing property provided us with the ideal platform to create a garden.

Itching to get my hands dirty, I undertook several rural and gardening-based courses before any planting began. These proved invaluable and along the way my interest in organics grew as I began my plantings. With my organic interest at fever pitch, I joined the Manning Organic Gardening Group.

Becoming part of an organic garden group was the best

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