![]() By doing this the Conduit can construct armor, projectiles and even animated constructs that have proven formidable in combat. Due to these folding techniques the paper can be made deceptively durable in contrast with papers generally perceived weakness. Using these abilities a Conduit can mold the paper with ease and fold it in ways that would normally require hundreds of pounds of mechanical force. A Conduit of this kind can create pulp and stock out of only trace elements and shape it into any density and form that they see fit. Paper manipulation is surprisingly versatile, allowing its user to effortlessly manipulate as well as assume the properties of paper. The ability is first seen in Infamous: Second Son and is used by Celia Penderghast, the only known Conduit to have this ability. As one of ten children, van Raay says, "you can imagine how often to soup got stretched!" Her father had an acre of vegie garden and orchard in Kew, Melbourne, part of a 25-acre property called Genazzano, so all the family knows how to live off a vegie patch.Paper refers to the ability to control and manipulate every form of paper. By blending the tomatoes with the basil and coriander, lentils, noodles, fried bacon bits and chicken stock, van Raay makes enough soup for the summer and then freezes more for use the rest of the year.Īs a grandmother five times over, she also makes "Oma's soup", originally named for her mother who had a never-ending supply of vegie soup for visitors. The couple shares the cooking but Tina van Raay has an annual cooking spree making tomato soup and sauces from their abundant tomato crop. The raspberries are a favourite fruit served fresh with cream. The vegetables are providing a generous harvest and the salad vegetables are used nearly every day in their kitchen.īlueberries, raspberries and strawberries have their own beds and there are apple trees as well. Already planted in their vegie beds or about to go in are potatoes, capsicum, zucchini, onions, garlic, snow peas, beans, beetroot, pumpkin, rhubarb and lettuces. The couple grow some of their produce from seeds when they have time and the other vegetables are purchased as seedlings from Rodneys Nursery in Pialligo. It only takes a few weeks for the finished compost to be ready for use in the hot months.ĭuring our visit we saw corn and tomatoes being raised from seed in a cold frame with the sloping glass tops of the structure removed for air flow. Clippings from garden shrubs, grass, leaves – in fact, everything that comes off the property – is mixed with cow manure and refuse from an on-site chicken coop. He has three adjoining timber structures with front slats for easy removal that he designed and constructed. Rob Blowes' composting system is immaculate perfection. ![]() The couple has a 70,000 litre water tank under the garage that collects all water from the roof. The enclosure allows for irrigation (misting) from the top even though the whole patch is irrigated via a dripper connected to a computerised system. It took a couple of years of weekends for Blowes to build it all. ![]() There are also 15 raised vegetable beds constructed from a composite of recycled wood and plastic from Cosset Industries which is easy to nail and drill, can bend and does not degrade in the sun. Blowes built a garden enclosure from anodised metal tubing with chicken mesh. The block in Campbell is framed by towering eucalypts and a reserve beyond the back gate so rabbits and foxes were also a problem. A desire for fresh vegetables uncontaminated by pesticides was the impetus for growing his own but earlier attempts had been foiled with too much produce going to the birds and possums. Blowes has lived in Campbell for 25 years but constructed the vegie garden only six years ago. Beside another pond next to the house was the weeping shrub Acacia cognata "Green Mist", that most appealed to my companion.įor any kitchen gardener, however, it was Rob Blowes' impressive vegetable garden that was magnetic. The paneled walkways and a fairy garden display her talents. Tina van Raay is a mosaic and stained glass artist. The pond had been dug for the couple's garden wedding in 2000.Ī formal central pathway lined with box hedges led to a niche and we chatted to people relaxing with tea and coffee in a seating alcove of mosaics under a mature shade-giving London plane tree. A friend and I went there on a hot Saturday afternoon and sat beside a pond enlivened with goldfish and water burbling over rocks. Tina van Raay and Rob Blowes welcomed visitors to their garden in Campbell during October for Open Gardens Australia.
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