Thanks for the Support! - Some Snippets from Recent Messages

"I have one and a half acres of garden if you ever feel like moving out to west vic - I'd love to have tenants like you - anyway all the best and a peaceful resolution" (Gillian Blare, Warrnambool)
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"Interestingly, as someone who has contemplated renting out my own house, which includes fruit trees, chook pen etc, I'd be specifically looking for renters like you, who would value what's there, enjoy it, take care of it, and get the benefit. … I absolutely support and am inspired by your choice to stand up for the rights of renters to grow food, and ask to be sent an invitation to your next open day” (Kerry Dawborn, Melbourne)
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“Wish you were our tenants, Dan! ... Your garden sounds absolutely stunning. Good on you for taking such a great approach to the 'problem'. We wish you the very best." (Felicity Wright)
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"I'm a landlord and I would LOVE you to come live in one of my houses - if you want to come and live in Ballarat I have a couple of houses for you to choose from" (Steve Burns, Ballarat)
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"Sorry to hear you're having this problem. It does seem a bit ridiculous that you're being harassed for turning a patch of lawn into something useful. My partner visited your place ... recently. She said what you have done is fabulous" (David Coote, Melbourne)
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“I'm forwarding this letter on as the plight of these extraordinary young people is one that may begin happening in many places around the globe as Peak oil begins to bite and more people try to do what they have achieved in two years. I visited their garden yesterday; it is a small miracle of peace and beauty in an otherwise sterile and unsustainable outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia” (Di Tod, Melbourne)
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“As someone who has enjoyed the wonderful fruits of your garden many times and who believes very strongly in what you're continuing to do, I would definitely like to help out in whatever way I can over the coming weeks" (Simon, Melbourne)
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“I live in a small inner-city terrace and grow a few vegetables in our tiny yard. If I was to move from this location, it would be in order to gain a much larger garden that I could cultivate in the way the Thomas St residents have done. And I have other friends who feel the same way. That is, there is a real market for properties that have established productive gardens rather than expanses of lawn. Far from being “damage” to the property, in my view what the tenants have done has added value and made the place more desirable to a significant group of prospective tenants” (Shawn Whelan, Nth Fitzroy, Melbourne)
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“I wish you success in retaining your garden, and if not, at least you are trying to change or at least challenge the status quo. This is a difficult issue and with more people only being able to rent because house prices are so expensive - how do we deal with wanting to have our own permaculture garden.” (Amelia Clapton, Melbourne)
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I wish you all well with this development. I think your garden is beautiful apart from being a valuable earth and life asset. Do you the think the landlord wants you out or just his lawn back. If you put the lawn back when you finished living there would they mind? I would like Gardening Australia to know about this as they have a permaculture section quite often on that show" (Heather Phillips, Clayton)