Mark, The next place will still have a big veg garden / fruit forest .... another mandala town in the dreaming as I write! H
Morning Grahame, Telescope is a night viewing one .... can't spy in the day time! H
Hello all, It's been a while - a time of soul-searching and we have emerged deciding on a slight change of plan ... hence our lovely farm at...
Steve, I believe you are quite correct with storage at a higher voltage and wind. I think what I was trying to say is, yes all that is what we...
Hi Steve .. Will give you my experience and why -- but that is not to say it is the right way - it is what works for us. We have a 6.5kva genie...
Morning Kerri, Pure sine is the only way to go for computers and most washing machines (which are now run by computer). Modified sine can put...
Love this article, about how families are achieving ecological, social, and economic transformation... starting under their own roofs....
Hi Kerri, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - having a few issues with my computer internet browser crashing. In answer to your...
From memory it is not quite the same Tulipwood -- can't remember why, but it's in the book. Will look it up tomorrow for you. Heidi
Hi Tulipwood, We also do the garlic, ACV in their water two days before the moon and have not had a parasite problem since. We feed an organic...
Hi Kerry, We have lived completely off-grid for almost two years, with two kids, four lap tops, some tv use and a 12v fridge. We've come to the...
napthelyne is highly toxic to humans - accepted as strong carcinogen now apparently, so, depending on your ideals, might be something you would...
Morning Eco, We occasionally have the same problem. Used to think it was mice and on some occasions it probably was. But we have since made a...
Hi Eco, I'm having the same problem and have also noticed that something I posted today in groups is now dated 22.12.09 -- a few gremlins at...
Mungbeans, Would repeated green manuring solve your mulch problem ? -- see the latest issue of Biodynamic Growing mag (we get it from our news...
Milifestyle is correct. Australian law changed recently so you now cannot call something "organic" without being certified. You may however be...
When we used to eat more meat, we'd compost it using a bokashi bucket - but as mentioned, the chooks also love most of the scraps, except of...
An inspiring read Grahame, Thankyou for the link, Heidi
Morning, Summer in south-east Queensland with days 28-36 degrees ... Greens we grow (all of which we eat raw): mizuma (keep planting every...
Dusting sulphur is an effective tick repellent - they simply don't like to attach to an animals with good sulphur blood levels. We give our jack...
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