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An Australian family trying to go a little greener

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Mandarin Glut!

August 18, 2014 by Darren

What do you do with a treeful of mandarins or other citrus?

Posted in: Featured, Frugality, Gleaning, Preparing Food, Recipes Tagged: children, citrus, home brew, mandarin tree, recipe, River Cottage

National Tree Day 2012 – $100 Giveaway!

July 25, 2012 by Darren

Get involved in Planet Ark’s Schools Tree Day and National Tree Day this week! Plus, leave a comment and go in the draw to win a $100 Bunnings voucher.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations, Nature Tagged: Australia, children, environment, health, illawarra, land, nature, Shellharbour, trees, wollongong

Mount Terry Public School Permaculture Garden Opening

July 13, 2012 by Darren

A very photo-heavy tour of the permaculture garden that was recently opened at Mt Terry Public School in Albion Park.

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals, Permaculture, Water Tagged: broccoli, chicken tractor, chickens, children, comfrey, compost, composting, dam, fencing, flowers, fruit trees, herbs, jamberoo, Kiama, mulch, orange tree, Permaculture, permaculture design, ponds, school gardens, Shellharbour, tomato, vegetable garden, weeds

Schools Tree Day 2011

July 29, 2011 by Darren

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

Posted in: Events, Nature Tagged: Australia, children, nature, trees

Backyard Flying Fox (Zip Line)

March 9, 2011 by Darren

A simple flying fox strung between a couple of trees gives the kids hours of fun and exercise.

Posted in: Frugality, Household Tagged: children, home made

Weekly Roundup – Woodland Home, Eggs and Grains

December 10, 2010 by Darren

Interesting reading from the past fortnight: a low impact woodland home, the true meaning of “free range” eggs, baked eggs in bread rolls, preventing fruit fly, growing grains in your backyard, and Dirt Girl World for the kids.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: children, free range eggs, fruit fly, grain, recipe

Playing With Their Food

March 23, 2010 by Darren

I was telling some friends at work about our new chicks, and when I mentioned that we were growing them out for meat they asked if our girls – aged 4, 6 and 8 – knew. To be honest, we’ve been upfront with them since before the chicks hatched. We’ve been clear all along that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, brahma, chickens, chicks, children, free range eggs, ISA brown, meat chickens, rooster

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