The Summer of Worm Love
The Melbourne Permablitz Collective’s resident worm enthusiast Thomas, has some tips for keeping your worms cool this summer… Before too long, we are going to get hot days. Days so hot that our...
Author: Thomas Greig
Permablitz 136 in Eltham
If you thought 10am was an early start on a Sunday – how about 8:30am? This was one day when many blitzers would be happy to get up a bit early; already 28 by...
Blitz 134 North Coburg
After rainy days earlier in the week, the day of the permablitz was a sunny and welcoming one throughout. Most of the crew arrived for the start (10 am on a Sunday!) and got...
Blitz 135 in Northcote
It was a gorgeous day. The sun kindly poked its head out just in time for the first blitzers to arrive – some new faces, and others who met at previous blitzes. In a...
Blitz 130 in North Coburg
The morning was cloudy and pleasantly cool; the soil and compost piles spread between house and fence. Camellias dropped their last flowers with the rustle of wattle birds on their branches, as the worms...
Blitz 127 in West Footscray
The day went really well. We had over 20 enthusiastic Blitzers ranging from first-timers to seasoned veterans. Mara from POW did sterling work as uber-facilitator and others rose to the task for various projects....
Blitz 124 Liz’s Blitz at Airport West – Saturday 24 March 2012
The weather was just right for the blitz and there were approximately 30 people that attended with a couple of young girls and one boy, Juan, who enjoyed the day. Madeleine who lives in...
Permablitz #125 – Kalorama
I used this client for my Design Drawing Assignment, second semester of the Permaculture Diploma 2011 at Eltham College. The assignment had to be completed by December, and some of the planning wasn’t exactly...
Blitz 123 – Wicking beds in East Malvern
After a false start just before Christmas last year (we had to pull the plug as numbers were too low), we were all set for 4 March. Response from volunteers was good, but it...
Blitz 122 in rainy Coburg
Brave, hardy, honourable and strong.You cut down trees, battled the cooch, smashed up concrete, erected a chicken coop and nestled little seedlings into cosy beds of straw.The rain poured down but this did nothing to...
