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Some success

I had a look over the garden / backyard farm this afternoon to see how all was after the large amount of rain we’ve had and to see if there was anything wrong. I looked over the Granny Smith apple … Continue reading

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A drainage trench

We had an issue with water pooling on the side of our house, we originally thought this was related to the neighbours driveway – it was caving this way, but after they replaced that recently, we’ve still seen water pooling … Continue reading

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My First Lawn Mower

After messing around with it for a few hours this morning, the lawn mower finally starts and the grass is finally cut. The problem turned out to be the spark plug, which would work but go crappy after the motor … Continue reading

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A Lawnmower

The grass is growing a lot of clover, so during the week we decided to seek out a second hand mower (the person originally doing it has been slack, I wonder if our storage arrangement also got slack if they’d … Continue reading

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Fruit Trees are growing

I don’t get much time in the afternoon’s after work to go check on how the fruit trees are going, so the weekend is pretty much the best opportunity to have a look at them individually and see what’s happening. … Continue reading

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Time wasted!

I had spent the last few weeks fishing around for details on the protocol used in the Nissan.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download After much, much, much Googling and some testing, I concluded that there is no OBDII … Continue reading

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When it stops raining…

.. I’d like to give the car a wash and remove the leaves that have been hiding up near the windscreen. It stopped enough today but I took the time to get the radio working (only CDs were working, and … Continue reading

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The Garden in Autumn

We got a reasonable result from the back garden in Autumn. We had some losses on getting the seeds in a growing state though – we lost a heap to what might have been excess water. Then the first set … Continue reading

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Eggs. Home Made Foods.

Eggs are finally arriving, we’ve had 6 of them from one chook, the other chickens seem to be slow or younger. We planned to have extra chickens join the current ones over the weekend, since they aren’t laying, that’s not … Continue reading

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Worm Farm now seems productive

We had originally established the worm farm based on a simple idea of two styrofoam boxes stuck together, and bedding based on garden soil, newspaper and straw. The worms seemed to be OK with that, but after 6 months or … Continue reading

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A new tree addition

After considering more what our desired trees will be, we went out over the weekend in search of some stone fruit trees and some kiwi fruit vines to bury the chicken house with (it’ll double as shade cover and provide … Continue reading

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A day in the garden

Today, we spent much of the afternoon fixing up the odds that occur in the gardens. First up was the front, the flowers we placed there last year are still going strong, but the weeds have found paths through the … Continue reading

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Funding our projects

Finding funding for many of the changes I want to take going forward remains difficult. The solar panels are paying for themselves, but we still need to pay the upfront charge which is restricting our ability to expand and add … Continue reading

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Chickens are in!

We had finished the setup of the chook house during the week, and then set out to get some chickens. The plan is to start with just a few and see how they work out with respect to feed and … Continue reading

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The Oven is nearing completion

I’ve spent a lot of time lately on the car that I’ve left the chook house – “The Oven” – alone sort of. A few weeks ago, we bought drill bits capable of boring large holes into the stump and … Continue reading

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Passion Fruit Moves to New Home

I was contemplating making Strawberry planters which make the most of the space given to them, by placing the plants in a vertical position, growing out of pipe – the online one uses PVC pipe – we looked for alternatives, … Continue reading

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Future of Food

I was watching The Future of Food on SBS, this was an interesting documentary on exactly what I’ve thought were unsustainable farming practices. It was a good watch, noting just how much grain is used to produce 100g of beef … Continue reading

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Rain Rain Go Away

Items on the list of things to take care of involve the garden out the back – I need to move our passionfruit to the back fence, the small garden bed they are in was never supposed to be permanent, … Continue reading

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pH fixed – crops formed

Back in November, I was doubting the success of our vegie garden, the plants seemed to be growing, but no food was to be seen – we had plenty of healthy plants with no food. The cabbage was attacked by … Continue reading

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How to rot a tree stump?

After having our tree chopped down, I wanted to get rid of the stump, but paying nearly $600 for that isn’t an option right now, so I hunted out alternatives. Nitrogen and water are the best from what options we … Continue reading

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The fence, the tree.

The fence on one side might be replaced in the coming weeks / months as the owners of the townhouses look to fix their driveway (it’s eroding on the slope). The tree at the back, the one we wish to … Continue reading

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Pest Free!

We managed to sort out the issue with the caterpillars – garlic spray. A mixture of vegetable oil, garlic and water did the trick nicely, the caterpillars don’t like it one bit, so that should save the cabbage, tomatoes, and … Continue reading

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What does it mean?

I had looked at this issue with my partner recently, whilst addressing the consumption of meat. What does “sustainable” mean? Sustain – this means to continue, to ‘go forth’. Able – ‘ability’. So, sustainable is therefore the ‘ability to continue’. … Continue reading

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