Do you have a favorite? Not meant to, but mostly the unloved ones, the unvisited ones, the cases that get dusty and ignored.

All the broken and shunned creatures.

Someone's got to care for them.

Who shall it be if not us? Yes.

Yes. Welcome to Roon soup, a weekly podcast about magic, culture and the very best new and old ideas for living in this world, coming to you from

43 degrees south on a small farm in deepest Tasmania.

My name is Gordon and I shall be your host.

This week we welcome to the show The Legendary Robin

Francis. Robin is one of permaculture's leading teachers and

proponents. She is based at the beautiful Janbon Gardens in the Byron

Hinterlands and this interview

was actually recorded on location so if you're so inclined head over to round soup

dot com or go straight to my YouTube page and watch the video version of Robin and I having our discussion actually

at Jan Bung Gardens. If you're not so inclined I'm just letting you know that's why

you'll hear trees and inquisitive geese and all that extra goodness in the background. Enjoy.

Robin, thank you very much for having me.

It's great to have you here.

Yeah. We have, well you say that, you haven't listened to the show, we have a traditional first question for first-time guests.

Robin, were you a weird kid?

Yes, I was, I was a bit of aoner and a bit of an odd one out.

Okay.

I was the only person at high school who was a pacifist and refused to stand for the National Anthem and turned my back on Anzac Day.

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