Last Sunday I was up early to get out and get some horse manure. I had been offered the unique opportunity to pick up horse manure from a friends horse paddocks. I turned up with some old stock feed bags, some gloves and an empty ute (utility). To me this was an exciting venture for … Continue reading New Adventures in Poop Scooping
Today was marked by the arrival of the two 23 000 litre rainwater tanks. (6075 gallons) I had figured in my head that we would be able to man-handle them down onto the pad when they arrived from the top of the block. I've shifted large tanks at the Community Garden and they are cumbersome … Continue reading Rainwater Storage
I am constantly looking at how time is spent. Particularly mine, occasionally the families. A fair chunk of my time is taken up with preparing meals and washing dishes. This frequently has me checking in on what others are doing in similar circumstances to see if there are short cuts I can take. The biggest … Continue reading Food Packaging, Gran & The Taste Monster
In many respects, life at our current Petit Paradis started with Compost Worms. We started our garden by initially burying food scraps directly into the sand and introducing some compost worms which we brought over from our previous residence. The worms quickly digested this organic matter into soil humus. This in turn introduced more of … Continue reading Petit Paradis – Compost Worms
Our initial idea around our house renovation was to build a smaller dwelling at the top of the block for my in-laws to live in. It was going to be all on one level, easy access and set up for aged-care. This house would have incorporated large, holding tanks under the dwelling to hold the … Continue reading Rainwater Harvesting
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