Matthew Henry
@astoundingmatt.bsky.social
Gardens, food, farming, nature, books and the occasional political repost 🏳️🌈👬💐🥒🐑🐓🐕🐨📚
The Boolarra Mirboo North Rail Trail is wonderful local asset that is well used by the local community and shows what can be achieved when government funding meets community volunteer effort. #visitgippsland
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Boolarra Mirboo North Rail Trail is wonderful local asset that is well used by the local community and shows what can be achieved when government funding meets community volunteer effort. #visitgippsland
Seeing Deb Leonard everywhere in the Monash electorate. Listening to people and basing her platform on what we think is important. Go and have a chat.
February 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Seeing Deb Leonard everywhere in the Monash electorate. Listening to people and basing her platform on what we think is important. Go and have a chat.
Hilarious harvest. Two beans and two tiny tomatoes.
February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hilarious harvest. Two beans and two tiny tomatoes.
My little flock of East Friesian milk sheep are enjoying some prunings from the garden.
January 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My little flock of East Friesian milk sheep are enjoying some prunings from the garden.
Time to bottle the plums! These blood plums are a variety called ‘Mariposa’ and our tree has long been the most productive and reliable plant in the orchard.
January 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Time to bottle the plums! These blood plums are a variety called ‘Mariposa’ and our tree has long been the most productive and reliable plant in the orchard.
Lavish and comprehensive. It is a distillation of the plant world down to the essence of what works in Melbourne gardens. The extensive experience of the authors is everywhere apparent. Plantology by Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis.
January 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Lavish and comprehensive. It is a distillation of the plant world down to the essence of what works in Melbourne gardens. The extensive experience of the authors is everywhere apparent. Plantology by Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis.
I’ve finally got myself a copy of the this brilliant book by Melbourne legends Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis.
January 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’ve finally got myself a copy of the this brilliant book by Melbourne legends Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis.
Some new arrivals. This little black hen is fierce and she has stuck tight to her nest protecting these little treasures until every one was hatched. All 13 of them.
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some new arrivals. This little black hen is fierce and she has stuck tight to her nest protecting these little treasures until every one was hatched. All 13 of them.
High summer in the big paddock with my little flock of East Friesian milk sheep. I have the paddock divided by electric fencing. Except for two of my big old ewes, the rest are quite happy staying behind the wires.
January 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
High summer in the big paddock with my little flock of East Friesian milk sheep. I have the paddock divided by electric fencing. Except for two of my big old ewes, the rest are quite happy staying behind the wires.
Ten months after a very destructive storm, there has been more weed (blackberry) growth than usual because of higher light levels but also burgeoning growth of the native understorey. These photos are taken in ‘the gully’ an area of reveg I and a group of friends planted over twenty years ago.
January 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ten months after a very destructive storm, there has been more weed (blackberry) growth than usual because of higher light levels but also burgeoning growth of the native understorey. These photos are taken in ‘the gully’ an area of reveg I and a group of friends planted over twenty years ago.
Annual oregano harvest. Dried oregano is one of the mainstays of the herb shelf in our pantry. Hung up to dry and then stripped and put into a jar with a screw top lid to keep the flavour until next year when I hope to do it all again.
January 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Annual oregano harvest. Dried oregano is one of the mainstays of the herb shelf in our pantry. Hung up to dry and then stripped and put into a jar with a screw top lid to keep the flavour until next year when I hope to do it all again.
Jan Learmonth’s retrospective at the Gippsland Gallery in Sale is well worth a visit.
January 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Jan Learmonth’s retrospective at the Gippsland Gallery in Sale is well worth a visit.
This flowering gum, originally from the western side of the continent, is happily growing in this garden in south eastern Australia. Midday sun sets it ablaze!
January 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This flowering gum, originally from the western side of the continent, is happily growing in this garden in south eastern Australia. Midday sun sets it ablaze!
I find cleaning up my apartment is a sign I am on my way out of the depression. I hope that works for you too.
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I find cleaning up my apartment is a sign I am on my way out of the depression. I hope that works for you too.
Putting my feet up while podding the dried broad beans to add to the larder for winter soups and my favourite ful medames.
January 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Putting my feet up while podding the dried broad beans to add to the larder for winter soups and my favourite ful medames.
Photos from the kitchen with produce from the garden. For me, 2025 is going to be even more about home grown and locally sourced food. Capturing carbon in the soil, reducing food miles and encouraging biodiversity in my little patch.
January 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Photos from the kitchen with produce from the garden. For me, 2025 is going to be even more about home grown and locally sourced food. Capturing carbon in the soil, reducing food miles and encouraging biodiversity in my little patch.
It has been the driest year on record on Norfolk Island, where we have been holidaying over Christmas. Although the isle is not its usual vibrant green, there are many flowers making the most of the conditions.
January 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It has been the driest year on record on Norfolk Island, where we have been holidaying over Christmas. Although the isle is not its usual vibrant green, there are many flowers making the most of the conditions.
Autumnal hues in sub tropical summer.
December 29, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Autumnal hues in sub tropical summer.
Pics from my garden earlier this month.
December 29, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Pics from my garden earlier this month.
Books I’m reading while on holiday.
December 29, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Books I’m reading while on holiday.