work wanted Thanks Mark, you're right about the opportunities. I've been trying to line up a bit of pruning work in SA and some olive picking....
work wanted Thanks for the ideas. With wwoofing isn't it just accommodation provided, not wages? I will try the cheesery, sounds like...
any uses for woodash? I always use my woodash. The trick is to sprinkle lightly, like a handful to a square metre, no more if you want to...
short wheel-based shorthorns? In tropical climates the breeds that do best have tick resistance, unless in the Atherton tablelands because it...
I am on a break from my permanent job and can't afford to actually have a holiday. But I do have an idea that somewhere there is an opportunity...
interested in volunteering in Ecuodor? This looks very interesting. I suppose it would involve paying your own fare to get there in the first...
loquat trees Loquats grow much better fruit from a grafted tree than a seedling. Seedlings will usually end up with small fruit, more seed...
drying pumpkin seeds I usually separate them and lie flat on the window sill for a couple of weeks on paper towel. Works fine. For roasting...
vacations and/or permaculture you sound convincing Molly! I wonder how full on the work load would be? I don't mind hard work but I guess if...
beans for the aged It's true they have been doing trials on people with parkinsons with both fava and broad beans, more dopamine in the...
vacations and/or permaculture Awful to hear about the tennants "improvements". Just goes to show how wer'e not all on the same wavelength,...
homegrown grain I love to hear about what you do in Belize, it is so vastly different to the small urban vege garden I have here in the cool...
homegrown grain I want to try some grain this year. I haven't before but I have really enjoyed growing lentils and chickpeas. I seem to put...
help - chicken feather loss My chooks are moulting too. They usually do just after they finish laying, just at the end of summer. There are...
chemicals I was told by an organic vegetable grower that Coles who buy their organic carrots are still trying to get them to dip all the...
biodynamics With all the :evil: blackbirds stirring around in my garden at present I should really be getting somewhere! Maybe they are...
making (furry) sundried tomatoes i have done the same as E from Baringapark. I dried the tomatoes usually overnight in the dehydrator. They...
the compact group vows not to buy anything new but food I am liking this forum very much and it is good to share these ideas. I have to work...
biodynamics Hey Bazman, I really like your idea of getting the checklist, could do it for your local area. And the idea of being instructed...
The compact group vows not to buy anything new but food Hi Fran, it's hard when you have to choose between supporting organic, and supporting...
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