The chicken tractor I built with my father a couple of years ago is still going strong. Since moving to Jamberoo we’ve been using it to build garden beds – we place it where we want the bed, leave it there for a few weeks until the grass has been cleared, then move it along [...]

We went to the Dapto Markets on Sunday morning to try to buy a few things we need around the yard. What an awesome place!

The markets are a great place to buy second hand clothes, toys, tools, etc for very good prices. Or if you’ve accumulated a whole bunch of that sort of stuff yourself, [...]

My mate Gavin has a post over at the Simple, Green, Frugal Co-Op about how he “thinks differently” from most of the people he knows. I can certainly relate to that!

Me, I can’t help thinking about all the unused bits of land I see when I drive around.

I see a park, and think “why don’t [...]

[ July 4, 2010; 2:00 pm; ] The next Jamberoo Community Growers meeting is this Sunday, 4th July, at 2:00pm in the Jamberoo Anglican Church Hall (next to Jamberoo Primary School). The speakers this week will Robert Curll and Darren Collins, talking about green manures, building up garden soil, and overwintering garden beds. All the good stuff you can be doing now [...]

[ July 11, 2010; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Slow Food Saddleback Inc invites you to… live off the land (without cattle or sheep rustling) and impress your friends and guests with your inside/out cooking skills at a Camp Oven Cooking Workshop! Learn to cook (and eat) a slow-cooked, three course meal from the experts at the ‘Camp Oven Cooking Club Inc’ at 10:00 am, Sunday 11th July, 2010. Venue: [...]