Why Peas and Manure?

Hi there! This is the going to be interesting considering I have almost no tech saavy and have previously tried to avoid computers as much as possible, preferring the great outdoors and spending my time in the garden.

I grew up in California in a smallish town on the coast. My parents both lived in the mountains, just outside of town, so I was blessed to have lots of fresh air and outdoor space to play in, which I can't say for most of the kids these days. No, I am not really old enough to say 'the kids these days' but sometimes I do wonder about them and how they are raised. I absolutely love the outdoors and that definitely has to do with the way I was brought up.

My mother always encouraged us to be outside, getting dirty and having a great time doing it. I remember spending many hours in the garden helping my mum weed her huge garden. I would often get distracted by a lovely wet puddle of mud that was ever so tempting to dig into or by a pretty butterfly fluttering past. I didn't realise it then, but that is where I really fell in love with spending time in the garden, then I forgot all about it for many years when I moved away from home and never had a space for a garden. My love was reignited when I moved to Sydney, which I will talk about in my next post.

I called this blog Peas and Manure for a couple reasons, one being that these are two things that are really great for developing healthy soil, which is what I am mainly going to be discussing.  I also like the alternate interpretation that it is also a space for me to take the piss at some of the ironies of life and talk some crap about things that drive me crazy, not just about gardening, but life in general.

I hope you enjoy it. I am sure I will enjoy writing it and I would love any and all comments.