27yo from Canberra. Hoping to share some of my girlish glee as I get better at vege gardening.
Canberra has quite hot summers and cold, cold winters, so it's the first time that I've lived anywhere that had 'proper' seasons (grew up in the Lismore area of northern NSW. Lived in 'the big smoke' of Brisbane for a few years). It's taking some getting used to, having to plan what I plant and when.
Student full-time, working part-time. I only started studying this semester, so the lifestyle change from working full-time (sleep-work-bludge-sleep) to encorporating work and study (sleep-uni-work-uni-whinge about how I don't have any money-sleep) is a little challenging atm. But I'm loving what I'm studying, and I'm excited about where it can take me in the future, so it'll be worth it in the end.
The vege patch is my guilty hobby. Sometimes I just love going out and looking at it. Makes me pretty proud.
I'm also into textiles. Hoping to add a BA Visual Arts to my current degree next year, if I can convince the Canberra School of Art to take me on. They have a textiles major available through the ANU degree that makes me wet my pants, it's so exciting. I also love printmaking, mainly relief print (lino, and starting to get into simple woodcuts), but also interested in exploring other techniques. I'm also very interested in the current trends in art quilts and the blurring of the line between craft and fine art.
I recently found a 2nd hand, dusty, unloved spinning wheel which is almost up and running. It's an Ashford Trad single drive, and I've worked out that all I'm missing is a brake tension spring! They only cost $1.50 or so, so I've essentially scored a spinning wheel for $51.50 and the cost of some elbow grease. Pretty chuffed!
Well, thanks for letting me ramble. I'm usually a forum lurker, and I love to hear about all of your thoughts.
Keep up the good work!
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Yes I did it,and still learning!I moved from Adelaide just before the big drought hit(most are on water restrictions there now).Do you read Grass Roots or Earth Garden magazines?They used to be my bibles!lol Anyway I'm a newbie as well so welcome!
Hi and welcome!
