Selina lives in the northern suburbs of Sydney, on a 700m2 suburban block which she has been developing for ten years, working on her sustainable and productive lifestyle. One of Selina’s superpowers is growing fruit trees in suburbia, building up a considerable collection of them in her front yard as well as the back yard. Included in her collection are –
- Front yard – kumquat; makrut lime; orange; persimmon; peach, nectarine, pomegranate; grape; apricots; mango; black sapote, guava, banana and passionfruit.
- Back yard – cherry; avocado; peach; apples; plums and another apricot.
One of her other superpowers is chooks!
She has five ladies, lead by Gladys Berechooklian, who are productive in the sense of suppling eggs, but also in the sense that they assist with yard work and cultivation. She has the major chook sleeping area and a chook tractor in the backyard and another chook shelter in the front yard all connected by a complex of chook tunnels as well as other chook work areas in the front and back yard. This enables the chooks to commute to their designated work areas without being a threat to growing areas not in their scope of works. Fascinating!
All the windows in her house have been replaced with double glazing, and there is a 6KW solar system on the roof. She is currently looking into batteries for her solar system.
Selina's blog can be accessed here: The Suburban Permaculture Garden
Front Yard - Growing
Two Front Yard Annual Vegetable Trugs
Front Yard Chooks
Area currently under chook cultivation
Chook feeding area and chook tunnels
Chook tunnels leading to cultivation area
Chook tunnels - plus chooks!
Back Yard
Rainwater Tank and Plumbing
3000litre rainwater tank
Growing
Chooks
Rocket Stove
Native Bee Hive
