Blue-Tongued Lizard
The easiest way to keep pests under control is to let their predators do it for you. I’ve got a team of lizards patrolling both front and back gardens, cleaning up snails, slugs and other pests. All...
View ArticleBeneficial Creatures
The more beneficial creatures you can get to take up residence in your back yard, the less work you have to do to keep garden pests under control. Lizards Lizards clean up slugs, snails and other bugs....
View ArticleChristmas At Husky
On Saturday 8-12-2001, we had our first Christmas dinner with Mum and Dad down at Huskisson.
View ArticleVegetable Garden
I began building the new vegie patch on 16-9-2001. Railway sleepers are bloody heavy – don’t start a garden like this with a pregnant wife who can’t help! By 17-10-2001 (hey, nothing works fast in our...
View ArticleTumbling Compost Bin
I’ve been wanting to buy one of those commercial tumbling compost bins for a long time now, but they cost over $300 bought new. You’d have to make truckloads of compost for that price to be worthwhile!...
View ArticleGarden Visitors
Birds Cockatoos descend upon the sunflower patch most days around dusk to gorge on the seeds. I don’t mind — I plant sunflowers to attract birds anyway, but it annoys me when they stray and eat the...
View ArticleThe Good Podcast
It might sound daggy, but lately I’ve been watching the old BBC series The Good Life (a friend at work lent me the DVDs). Megan thinks I’m getting old. You’ve got to admit, though, that there’s...
View ArticleThe Chicken Ark
An updated version of this post is available over on my suburban green living blog, Green Change: Chicken Ark Plans When thinking about a coop for our chickens to live in, we wanted something...
View ArticleSoil Blockers
Note: Updated and expanded versions of the information in this post are available at my other site, Green-Change.com: Soil Blockers Soil Block Recipes (including my own recipe) Soil Blocker Resources...
View ArticleGrowing Mushrooms From Mushroom Compost
In July I took my trailer up to the mushroom farm to get a load of mushroom compost. It was $2.60/bag, and I got 16 bags for $40. I was really just thinking of using it on the garden as a mulch layer...
View ArticleMagic In The Garden
What I love most about this photo is that Sarah actually disappeared into her bedroom to get dressed for gardening, and this is what she came out in. Click to embiggen.
View ArticleWicking Beds
NOTE: I have moved this post to my other blog, Green-Change.com, as it fits in better with that blog’s theme of suburban sustainability. For futher updates check out Wicking Beds – Water Efficient...
View ArticleSustainable Illawarra Super Challenge
We have signed up for the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge, and Monday night was the official launch of the programme. The idea is for 120 households across the Illawarra to spend the next 12...
View ArticleBlue-Tongued Lizard
The easiest way to keep pests under control is to let their predators do it for you. I’ve got a team of lizards patrolling both front and back gardens, cleaning up snails, slugs and other pests. All...
View ArticleBeneficial Creatures
The more beneficial creatures you can get to take up residence in your back yard, the less work you have to do to keep garden pests under control. Lizards Lizards clean up slugs, snails and other bugs....
View ArticleChristmas At Husky
On Saturday 8-12-2001, we had our first Christmas dinner with Mum and Dad down at Huskisson.
View ArticleVegetable Garden
I began building the new vegie patch on 16-9-2001. Railway sleepers are bloody heavy – don’t start a garden like this with a pregnant wife who can’t help! By 17-10-2001 (hey, nothing works fast in our...
View ArticleTumbling Compost Bin
I’ve been wanting to buy one of those commercial tumbling compost bins for a long time now, but they cost over $300 bought new. You’d have to make truckloads of compost for that price to be worthwhile!...
View ArticleGarden Visitors
Birds Cockatoos descend upon the sunflower patch most days around dusk to gorge on the seeds. I don’t mind — I plant sunflowers to attract birds anyway, but it annoys me when they stray and eat the...
View ArticleThe Good Podcast
It might sound daggy, but lately I’ve been watching the old BBC series [The Good Life](http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/goodlife/index.shtml) (a friend at work lent me the DVDs). Megan thinks I’m getting...
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