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

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?

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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 [...]