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Thanks ShadowWalker!

If you're planning to go through a similar process over here I would highly recommend getting in touch with ecodharmamark if you have any planning questions - he's been...

Thanks guys.

Actually doing a snake handling course ourselves may be one of the best options since there seems to be an abundance of snakes near our place.

Those solar power snake deterrents...

I found my dog playing with a very angry brown snake a couple of days ago. After rushing to the vet to see if she'd been bitten or not (luckily not) and seeing another very large brown snake twice...

Well it's been a while but the settlement finally went through a couple of weeks ago so we have our 7 acre block and we're in love with it.

Now the process of planning exactly what we want to do...

Mark, you're a gem! Thanks heaps for you advice, as always it's gold.

What a great idea! I'll definitely be using this when organised enough to have a project that's beyond the idea stage.

My husband has just done his PDC and I plan to do one in November this year and we are really keen to start a permaculture project at the local high school. I was wondering if anyone here could...

Another update:

So this is turning into a very long and arduous process. For whatever reason it took about 2 months for our solicitor to get the contract of sale and then half the details were...

They have a layout of their farm here: http://www.foodforest.com.au/theFoodForest.htm

hey farmerd,

you may want to look at the link below to get ideas for a model - this is a profitable permaculture project in South Australia and from what I've read they started out with a very...

Some great ideas on here for those who are looking at smaller, more affordable dwellings (they're probably more environmentally friendly too, using less energy and fewer materials to make)...

An update:

We investigated the RLZ property mentioned above, got some expert advice on its S(32) - from the solicitor and ecodharmamark - and put in a offer (subject to finance and approval of a...

This is great!

thanks, Annette. haha yeah, I think at this stage I may just have to accept that I have a bit of a free thinker in the henhouse.

One of our chooks is consistently laying on the roost. She must do it early because the egg is cold by 6.30-7am when I go to let them out. We have 4 chooks and as many nesting boxes, and all the...

Our puppy school teacher, who is also a snake catcher (handy woman to know!) said the solar powered snake repellers are a waste of money - snake catchers have apparently done a fair bit of testing on...

Many of you on here are probably aware of Dr Alexander's work, for those of you who aren't I highly recommend looking at these sites and the accompanying research.

The Simplicity Institute...

Indeed!

After lots more labourious searching on real estate websites we've found some land that we like, in a better location than the last one we looked at, that's actually zoned rural living. ...

Woohoo! Finally feel like I have a bit of a handle on this now, it's starting to make a bit of sense. Thanks heaps to everyone for their input. I even called an estate agent about a property that...

Haha agreed.

Ok, I've gone back to the drawing board and before anything else happens I need to get the basic order of events sorted out in my head (I probably should have done this before, live...