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About three months with no posts.. 27 Feb 2012 | 05:44 pm
It is hard to believe that it is about three (3) months since my last post. I am not going to make any excuses - all I have to say is that we needed a break. Our journey toward sustainable living a...
The Great Kilowatt Challenge 24 Nov 2011 | 07:23 pm
We are joining Gavin's Great Kilowatt Challenge - should be fun and an interesting follow up to our recently finished Energymark group. Visit Gavin's blog for more info on reading you meters and reco...
Our wetland is filling in this week of rain 22 Nov 2011 | 06:32 pm
In a Permablitz on our front yard in October 2010 we constructed an ephemeral wetland (or dry creek bed) in our front yard native plant section. The photos below shows how it has developed over the l...
No foil or plastic wrap for two years now 4 Nov 2011 | 12:18 pm
When we moved to Orange nearly four years ago I stopped buying aluminium foil and plastic cling wrap. It took nearly two years to use up the last of my rolls of each in the kitchen draw - but for abo...
Using old bath tubs to make wicking beds 21 Oct 2011 | 07:09 pm
At the Orange community garden working bee a weekend or two ago we constructed some bathtub wicking beds. Over at Child's Play Permaculture there is a good article on wicking beds if you would like m...
A trip to Sydney by train 16 Oct 2011 | 02:23 pm
In the last week of the school holidays we had to take our oldest boy down to Sydney to get braces on his teeth - his orthodontist's surgery was right in the heart of Sydney - near the State Library. ...
Medicinal herbs in our local park 3 Oct 2011 | 12:22 am
Last weekend we had the opportunity to tag along with a tour of our local Cook Park looking at medicinal herbs and their uses. The tour was part of the National Herbalists Association's National Herb...
The kids made their own solar oven 12 Sep 2011 | 04:24 pm
In a workshop run as part of the Orange Sustainable Living Week this year we participated in a solar oven making workshop. What fun we all had making our own solar oven, here are some photos of the w...
My new wallet 9 Sep 2011 | 01:54 pm
I had been holding out for a while on purchasing a new wallet - my old wallet was falling apart and becoming non-functional. After finally giving in the other day I went in search of a new wallet and...
Sharing the load 1 Sep 2011 | 03:42 pm
Last Sunday we went out to a working bee at an orchard as part of our Central West Permaculture activities - the first for a while as we come out of another Orange winter. It was almost too late to.....
