Meera is now expanding into the landscape

These pics show a winter creek doubling as a human path running down to an extensive frog pond in the secret garden (a future phase of development). We are planning to have a beautiful rich place for nature with frogs, microbats, bees, small birds, turtles, bugs and lizards supported by a fertile soil … enjoyable, aesthetic and edible for homo sapiens too.

Yesterday I ordered 250 mostly locally grown native species to be grown from seed with the expertise of Tracey at Grampians Revegetation. Friends from Project Platypus and Yarriambiack Landcare are being consulted so planning is informed from the start. Some of the thinking for the plant out in autumn is principles like fire retardant, wildlife friendly, hardy, drought tolerant, flowering in different seasons, different heights and water verging. Not all plants cover all these areas but we are making sure for example it’s fire retardant on the north side, the direction from which our desiccating hot winds bear down.

Fruit trees, food species like herbs and non -indigenous species are also in the mix.