Self-sufficient Life
Alexanders: chips made out of a perennial green that grows in the shade garden
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Urban Farming against Developer Greed and Nonsensical Politicians
Driving back from some days of holidays on the South coast we went past this depressing strip of new development around Campbelltown and half-given up farms around Badgery Creek. It is plain scary. Two random examples: Oran Park and Jordan Springs. Oran Park is about 60 km South-West of Sydney with over 4000 residents and … Read more
Our Very First Honey Harvest
What would some inexperienced beekeepers do without good advise? Josef came over and told us that it’s time to harvest honey together with an extractor and the electric capping knife. The rest was rather undramatic, Michal got stung only five times, the day was stinking hot and the honey flowed out nicely. We let it … Read more
Harvest your own tea
Yesterday, Asako cam over for a cup of tea. As usual, I went to the garden to collect some herbs, elderflower, hoary mountain mint and other herbs. She was really excited about that tea and took some photos. For me, it’s an everyday experience, but really it is much nicer than teabags! It’s easy to … Read more
11 Hints for Netting your Fruit Trees
You will not get away with un-netted trees and birds don’t share. I moved here thinking that if I planted enough trees the birds can’t eat it all. They can and if there are not the birds, there are possums or bats. If you area doesn’t have a lot of parrots, don’t worry they will … Read more
How to print a scaled base plan of your property
A scaled base plan is an important tool for planning. This is how you can do it easily: