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Heres the info from someone in Australia,

http://www.thebackshed.com/windmill/art ... tarted.asp

Regards

Max

Cant help with anyone in particular but if its a dam you need built then focus on looking for dam builders rather than operators in general. Swales are fairly simple, dams are for the experienced...

For hot water have a look at poly pipe in a compost pile, you will need pump or gravity feed, but you will need water pressure anyway, the compost pile does work and you can get 3-4 weeks or more of...

A couple of things that may cause a problem,
Methane may rise but so will warm air,so your store of gas will be a mix of air and methane so will probably not burn well,
Also there is no pressure to...

If i understand your beds will be running accross the property at different levels, the excavator driver should be able to do the earthworks so you have a track up each side and can drive accross the...

Have you calculated the volume of water that you have to deal with when you have a heavy rain event? by calculating the catchment area of the road and all the land etc the feeds into the storwater...

if you are thinking small hand dug swales then that may be ok, if you are looking at bigger machine dug swales then if you do not have a retaining wall planned for behind the house then you could...

there will be something you can do it, but it will not be as simple as you had hoped,
A contour survey of the property will enable any options to be considered and you will need to look at how much...

We have about 5meters annual rainfall and only drink/cook from one tank so it does get flushed regualarly so could possibly get away without filters.I use filters to keep out the leave litter and...

We use a 2 filter system. the first one is a paper type element that is fine enough to keep out all the bugs, the second is the carbon filter to remove any flavours that you dont want, result is nice...

Hi aroideana,

I would love to get some coffee plants, any tips on the best place to get them,
i am down at Silkwood but get to cairns often,

regards

Max

Congrats on beaing able to read through The Book, I had not hope. But I am at the moment half way through a PDC and I would advise that before you make any changes you invest in a PDC course. The...

You should be able to get very fine sawdust off floor sanding contactors.
if its from a new floor and is untreated hardwood it may be of use to you.

max

I have had 24v trucks that we run a 12v uhf radio off one battery, in a very short time that battery would fail.
We had to use a 24-12 reducer.
I think? you would have problems with equalization as...

Hi again,

If you are thinking to have an inverter in each container in your photos?? this will not be your best option, your inverter will need to be close to your batteries. This gives you a...

All that has been posted above with regards to power in/out etc and you really need to consider that in the overall design of your system. Basically waht you are going to end up with and one bigger...

hi there, not sure where to get the seeds etc but have a look at the book "tropical Food gardens" by Leonie Norrington, it is very good.

regards

Max

As soon as a thread starts attacking people personally rather than questioning their point of veiw i think it should be pulled,
If you want something to aim for try "Permaculture based threads",
...

I think the site moderators should put this entire thread in the compost bin, the idea of sites to avoid seemed ok at the start but it has not been about scam sites etc, its been about a personal...

Thanks for the response,

I am at the moment a very experienced mechanic and very inexperienced farmer.

We have a property here in NQ that Borders Natioanl park, approx 5m rainfall anually with...