Of leaps of faith and renting vs. buying Folks, I guess it boils down to how much your are willing to risk or give up in chasing that dream...
Folks, I've used GardenCAD (www.gardencad.net) with success before. It is probably similar to GrowIT, featuring all the standard drawing tools...
Correction and more musings OK let's correct ourselves... The debt ceiling was raised by $2.1 trillion over the next two years, and budget...
My green burial wish I want to be buried, in the foetal position, in a serene woodland with an acorn stuck up my anus. There it is in writing...
Simple math Folks, Let's look at it this way. The deal was to cut spending by US$2.4 trillion (some reports say $2.1t) over 10 years,...
Hi folks, Are you an organic gardener, preferably with a permaculture background and with some experience in market gardening? What if I told...
Nick 'n all, "Solar air-conditioning" this is a classic example of greenwash gadgetry and of our "conditioning" to think high tech is the only...
Hi sun burn, If you are a coffee drinker, how about a coffee bush (Coffea arabica), or two? It can be pruned to keep it as small as you want,...
Floot 'n all, I'm also at the point where the chooks can now be brought into my system, but I'm interested more on the better breeds for chook...
Gordon, There are two oils a friend of mine uses for the dressed timber work. Eco Wood Oil (natural) -- it used to be called Organ Oil -- is...
Hi Helen, Quite topical, since I've just started a bucket humanure composting system two days ago. You can download the 2nd edition of...
No worries sun burn. While the logs are lying there waiting for you to cover them with soil or compost, they will still be doing their thing,...
Hi sun burn, Having access to a good mulcher is always an advantage. But lacking that sort of technology, have you looked into hugelkultur...
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