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An Australian family trying to go a little greener

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Hovabator Incubator Fridgemate Hack

November 16, 2013 by Darren

A cheap incubator can be turned into something much more accurate and reliable with a simple $50 digital temperature controller.

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard chickens, broody chickens, chickens, chicks, eggs, freezer, fridge, fridgemate, hack, home brew, Hovabator, incubator, temperature controller, thermostat

Processing Meat Rabbits

August 27, 2013 by Darren

Rabbits are one of the best ways to supply your family with home-grown meat. They’re easy to care for, economical, and quick to process.

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: Australia, butcher, butchering, DIY, freezer, Joel Salatin, meat, offal, rabbits, slaughtering

Rooster Processing Day

August 5, 2012 by Darren

I processed four surplus roosters last weekend. Having an organised workflow makes the whole thing a lot faster and easier! There are no graphic photos in this post.

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, birds, butcher, butchering, chickens, compost, DIY, dog, freezer, offal, processing chickens, rooster

Broad Bean And Bacon Fettuccine

May 15, 2011 by Darren

A quick and easy meal, made with frozen ingredients that are easy to keep on hand. Delicious!

Posted in: Growing Food, Preparing Food, Recipes Tagged: bacon, broad beans, fettucine, freezer, recipe

The Cost Of Raising Your Own Pigs For Meat

February 16, 2011 by Darren

A complete summary of the costs for our first foray into raising our own pigs for meat, from piglet purchase right through to slaughter and butchering.

Posted in: Frugality, Gleaning, Illawarra Businesses, Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, electric fence, feral fruit, freezer, fruit trees, meat, pigs, pork, vegetable garden, Waste, weeds

Home Grown Pork

February 12, 2011 by Darren

The pigs finally came home from the butcher. We received back 74 kilograms of porky goodness per pig – that’s a lot of meat to have sitting in front of you!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, freezer, meat, pigs, pork

The Great Chest Fridge Conversion Project Begins!

April 21, 2009 by Darren

One of the big energy hogs in our house is our clunky old second fridge in the garage. I measured its energy consumption with the [MS6115 power meter](http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/ms6115-mains-power-meter-review/), and it uses a whopping 2.5 kWh/day! Many Aussie houses have one of these beasts, which is a big reason why the NSW State Government is now … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: alternative technology association, Australia, chest freezers, chest fridge, energy consumption, freezer, fridge, hack, MS6115, power meter, temperature controller, thermostat

Growing Mushrooms From Spent Mushroom Compost

January 17, 2009 by Darren

Bags of mushroom compost are cheap, and will grow more mushrooms than those expensive kits you can buy at chain stores. And the fresh mushrooms they grow taste incredible!

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: compost, freezer, freezing mushrooms, growing mushrooms, mulch, mushroom compost, mushroom farm, mushroom kits, mushrooms, preserving mushrooms

Energy Star Ratings On Appliances

December 4, 2008 by Darren

When shopping for whitegoods and appliances, the energy star ratings can be a useful guide to judge the relative energy efficiency of different makes and models. Be careful, though, because the stars can be misleading if you’re not comparing like-for-like. For example, this week we were looking at chest freezers (we want to be able … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: appliances, australia and new zealand, australian government, chest freezers, Electricity, energy efficiency, energy star rating, fisher and paykel, freezer, fridge, star ratings, upright freezers, whitegoods

Using A Plugin Power Meter

November 25, 2008 by Darren

>_When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: air conditioner, appliances, dishwasher, electricity consumption, freezer, fridge, GPO, habit, power meter, power meters, power point, real time power, washing machine

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