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7 June 2009
Growing vegetables - raised beds and crop rotation
It didn't take us long to realise that raised vegetable garden beds were better for the type of gardening we do than anything else. We ...
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Swap News
Hello all- I am happy to report that so far we only have a handful of ladies who did not receive their parcels. It is the best we have ever...
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5 June 2009
Dump debt - own your own life
Simple life is usually about the little things - small steps, tracking small amounts of money spent during the day, taking time for yourself...
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4 June 2009
Swap Help
Charlene, could you e-mail me (Sharon) at cdetroyes at yahoo dot com so that I can get you connected to Suzen, your swap angel. I seem to h...
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3 June 2009
Hanno, Alice and Don Burke
Hanno comes home today and I begin my short break from work. I'm taking three weeks off to concentrate on writing. But the big news i...
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2 June 2009
Energy and water audits
The Energy Monitor a couple of days after installation. (Click on photos to enlarge.) We had an energy and water audit done a few weeks ago....
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1 June 2009
Recycled benches and pickles
I am sure I have the most generous readers here. Thanks to all the experienced gardeners who have offered to mentor our inexperienced garde...
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31 May 2009
Garden mentors
Good morning everyone! It's a cool sunny morning here. I've just finished tending the animals and chooks and before I start on two...
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29 May 2009
Keeping chickens and animals with your garden
I'm a solo homesteader at the moment. Hanno flew to Sydney yesterday to help my sister out with her house (a tree fell on it) so bloggi...
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27 May 2009
Your first vegetable garden
Welsh onions are planted in the top bed here. They're non-bulbing green onions, although there is a red variety of Welsh as well. ...
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26 May 2009
Maintaining your garden tools
The past few days have been incredibly busy for me. I had a 12 hours day at the Centre yesterday and go back again today. Hanno is going do...
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25 May 2009
Living off the land
Lettuce, bok choi and cabbages. One of my fantasies when I was younger was to wander off into the bush and live off the land. In the 197...
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22 May 2009
Good night and sweet dreams
Are you wanting to simplify and don't know where to start? Here is s small step everyone can do. It's easy, won't cost any mon...
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21 May 2009
Answering the questions
Alice says hello. ;- ) Good morning! We've had some wild weather these past couple of days with about 250 mm (nearly 10 inches) fallin...
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