Hands holding a handful of dark soil
About

Two people, one small plot and no lawnmower

We are Refilwe and Marc. We bought a house with a thirsty lawn in a dry year and decided to stop watering it. This diary is everything that happened next.

Learning as we go

We are not trained horticulturists. We write down what worked in our soil.

Rain logged daily

So every entry can say what the weather was doing.

Planting for birds

Half the joy of the garden is who comes to visit.