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[11 Jan 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
Willie Wagtail Chicks

A new generation of pest-eaters has arrived, with a nest of willie wagtails in one of our trees.

Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food, Video »

[1 Sep 2011 | 25 Comments | ]
Gourmet Farmer – Australia’s River Cottage?

The first series of Gourmet Farmer aired on SBS last year, and it’s back this year for Series 2. Is this Australia’s answer to Britain’s River Cottage?

Events, Nature »

[29 Jul 2011 | 18 Comments | ]
National Tree Day 2011 – Giveaway!

To celebrate National Tree Day, Planet Ark has given me a $50 gift card to give away to a random reader. To enter, simply leave a comment on this post telling me what your favourite type of tree is, and why.

Events, Nature »

[29 Jul 2011 | One Comment | ]
Schools Tree Day 2011

Today (July 29th) is Schools Tree Day in Australia, coordinated by Planet Ark.

Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge »

[25 May 2011 | 5 Comments | ]
Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Frugality, Keeping Animals »

[3 May 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Muscovy Ducks Arrive

We welcomed two new residents to the homestead this week – a pair of 4-month-old white muscovy ducks named Sir Francis and Louie.

Electricity, Science and Technology, Transport »

[18 Nov 2010 | 9 Comments | ]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car Thoughts

My thoughts on Australia’s first mass-produced all-electric car. Is this the start of something big?

Electricity, Illawarra Businesses »

[27 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
NSW Government Revamps Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme

Effective midnight tonight, the NSW Government has announced a revamping of the Solar Bonus Scheme – the gross feed-in tariff for solar electricity has been reduced from 60c per kWh to 20c per kWh.

Keeping Animals »

[25 Oct 2010 | No Comment | ]
Pig Information From NSW DPI

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has a lot of really good pig keeping information available for free. Here’s my collection of links to their resources.

Keeping Animals, Preparing Food, Waste »

[16 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Feeding Swill To Pigs

There was a little bit of discussion about feeding scraps to pigs on my original entry about our pig project. There are quite strict laws around the feeding of scraps and waste to pigs in Australia (and many other countries), and you really need to make sure you’re doing the right thing.

The NSW Department of [...]