This article is from Philip Day's website.As the European debt mountain threatens to unravel the euro and entire EU, across the Atlantic the United States approaches a possible default on its own borrowing. One area not covered by the media for obvious reasons is the real possibility of food shortages for the citizen. Each of … Continue reading Food Security
Author: Petit Paradis
I am on a journey with my family to transition as closely as practicable to a state of self-reliance in suburbia. I practice permaculture principles in our house, garden and community. We are on the southern coast of Western Australia. To our north is the rest of the world. To the south, Antarctica.
Mid-Winter Update
This week the pumpkin that was growing in the wisteria fell and started to rot. I think it was probably the last few nights of frost. But I can't be sure.The nectarine is about to break out into foliage again after the last few weeks reprieve. I will be watching it closely as it got … Continue reading Mid-Winter Update
Getting back on track with the Aquaponics
This is what put me behind a little in my aquaponics project. After filling the grow beds with gravel (and not even to their limit) after a couple of hours of strain the bolts I had put through the wood snapped and tilted the benches. That put the project back a few weeks given a … Continue reading Getting back on track with the Aquaponics
July Update
Since the last post there have been wild winds, heavy rain showers and sunny days with chilly, chilly nights. Something to do with the Earth being the furthest from the Sun in its orbit I think. The broad beans are coming up. The guinea pigs are hunkered down under the house and the chooks have … Continue reading July Update
Sunday Fire
There has been a couple of weeks of burning off over in the valley. Last Sundays fires clearly got out of control and the fire brigade was called in. We went to my parents to catch up and could see the smoke and glow from their house as night fell. We did get rain later … Continue reading Sunday Fire
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