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
We are planning to use rainwater throughout the house wherever possible, so utilising our greywater (wastewater from showers, bath, laundry and hand basins) means that the water captured from our rooftop goes further. Generally, the permaculture approach to water is to capture it, slow it and disperse it through the designed system (in this case … Continue reading Tillellan – Greywater System
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
I have been thoroughly frustrated with my current life and lifestyle for some time now. There is simply a lot going on in a very short period of my life. That short period however appears to be stretching itself out into a longer period of a what is now about 3 years. Which leads me … Continue reading Man and the Age of Discontent
What a busy month. I had hallucinations of writing posts on various topics, yet other priorities have encroached on my time and before I am aware of it another 30 odd days has elapsed. The renovation is building momentum. My wife and I did two trips to Perth. Literally a day trip where we left … Continue reading 1 August 2017
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