They're finally done! Hallelujah! This has been a very long term project that has had to fit itself around my very small children. I've been building these things for almost 6 months, sometimes with help, mostly not. The slope you see in the before photos was created after we had our new driveway installed. It's on a significant slope so a fair bit of excavating was done. This is the downslope of the hill and the bottom of the driveway. OBSERVATIONS -sits under a huge pine

Generally feeling depressed about getting a career going in permaculture. What do I know? Why should people listen to me? What do I have to offer? I'm chewing on these thoughts over months. It's easy to get trapped in them. Especially where I live. In the Blue Mountains, friggin everyone is a permie. Amazing ones too! There are so many people who know sooo much more than me and have been doing it for soooo much longer. What could I possibly contribute? I'm brooding away on th