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are you still around on the forum?
We have progressed somewhat. We now have a nice little flock of 9 sheep, 1 ram, 3 ewes, 2 ewe lamb (all unrelated to the ram) and 3 wethers.
I need...

one for making compost tea?

thanks for letting us know about that.. do you know what modifications are required to run say 90% ethanol?

people are already acheiving >95% ethanol with simple distillation, I beleive a setup can be made or had for a few hundred dollars, I'm not sure if that can be used in an engine at that %, though...

sounds like someone has a barrow to push.
Is the answer bigger government? More rules? More supervision? More surveilance?

Where are you going with this? a campaign against being able to use grey water?

We've had QLD arrowroot in the garden for a few years now. What a great plant, it's so hardy, chooks love the leaves, green and attractive in the garden. It's prolific, our ~6 tubers would now be...

common people it isn't a religon and it never should be.

WHat would Bill Mollison say, to you all?

"big american permaculture form" - I don't understand why people don't talk straight.. which one?

nchattaway, please share photos and stories when you can.. looking forward to it.

the best things we have made with yacon is deep fried yacon crisps.. they were awesome. We used a food processor to cut thin slices then deep fried till brown...

i can think of worse things than mint everywhere

hey baz, any chance of taking a look at your system some time before I embark on one of my own?
I'm hoping I can do away with the gas and just go with a small fire underneath, your thoughts?

200L is too small, try to get a water tank, the biggest that will fit.

we now have a proposed carbon price.

I have some piles of sticks, branches and other timber which won't really work for heating my house.
Rather than have bonfires, perhaps I should be making...

ask for crusher dust. Try to establish which quary it came from, get the stuff from a basalt quarry, granite second, and not from crushed concrete.
It should be less than $30 for a quarter of a...

the mallee, mulga and other arid eucalypts and acacias would certainly survice +40°C, more, they survive the full range of our arid temperates which can be regularly above 45°.
It does get cold in...

many of our australian natives are adapted to quite dry conditions. You could try some of the faster growing species like sydney blue gum, but perhaps for a hardier (and slower growing) option, you...

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sounds like a good plan.
For a thermosyphon to work, you will need the tub (or a tank) at a higher level than the fire.. so maybe a bath with a view?