As some of you may know I’m currently visiting family in Canada. I flew to Vancouver in mid June and spent a couple of weeks with my father and then flew to the Yukon to spend time with my kids. I’ll be back down to Vancouver mid July to spend another month with my...
This month has all been about beekeeping. We started off the month with attending an absolutely fantastic workshop for two days in Labasa sponsored by the Northern Beekeepers Association, followed by the annual Fiji Beekeepers symposium and AGM. During the workshop we learnt several ways of splitting hives, lots of info on rearing and...
About four to five years ago I stumbled upon some youtube videos by a crazy Australian called Geoff Lawton. He introduced me to a new way of looking at the world through the lens of permaculture. It was pre-retirement and we had just purchased 93 acres of rainforest in Fiji. I read all I...
This month 250 coconut seedlings were delivered by Copra Millers of Fiji as part of a government initiative to plant 30,000 coconut trees this year. This initiative is designed to repair damages to the coconut industry caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston. We had applied for 500 trees but the demand for trees was greater...