Tag: fruit trees
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Green Retrofits For Free?
If you live in Australia, did you know that you can now access green retrofits for your house for free? Check out all the [sustainable retrofit rebates](http://green-change.com/australian-rebates/) available here in Australia. Make sure you scroll to the bottom and find your state ones, too. You could get a rainwater tank, a solar hot water system,…
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Ellendale Mandarin
Sometimes, it’s interesting to do a bit of background research on some of the plants and trees you grow. When choosing our mandarin variety, I did exactly that and found something with a little bit of Australian history to it. The mandarin I [planted a couple of days ago](http://green-change.com/2009/01/22/planting-out-fruit-trees/) is an Ellendale mandarin. It is…
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Planting Out Fruit Trees
On Sunday I drove up to the Wollongong Wholesale Nursery at Albion Park Rail to buy some fruit trees with my Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge vouchers. The staff there were really helpful, and gave me some good ideas for the types of trees that would suit our needs for the front yard. I pretty much…
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Front Yard Makeover
When we did our house extensions about 5 years ago, we didn’t really do much with the front yard. We always meant to come back to it someday, but never quite got around to it. We never bothered to plant much in the way of trees and shrubs either, since we didn’t want them to…
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My First Seedsavers Meeting
Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to writing up these entries – last weekend I attended my first [Illawarra Seedsavers meeting](http://green-change.com/2008/11/10/upcoming-illawarra-seedsavers-meeting/), and it was great. There were about 10 people at the meeting. Being my first, I didn’t know what to expect, but the other people were all very friendly and welcoming.…