Illawarra Climate Challenge Wrap-Up
I won the major prize in the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Illawarra Climate Challenge!
Videos of Jamberoo Floods
Photos and videos of Monday’s flooding around Jamberoo.
Cleaning Up Broken CFLs
Not long ago I dropped and broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) in the garage. D’oh! I had a vague recollection that there’s a procedure you should follow to safely clean up broken CFLs, due to the small amount of mercury inside them. So, geek that I am, I jumped on the computer to look … [Read more…]
Square Foot Gardening Interview – Illawarra Mercury
I was recently interviewed for another gardening article in the Illawarra Mercury. My last interview was back in March, on the subject of lunar planting. Unfortunately they don’t put these articles online, so you’ll have to make do with this dodgy scan – click on the image to make it bigger (be warned, it’s a … [Read more…]
My Interview In The Illawarra Mercury
I’m now officially a suburban eco-warrior – the newspaper said so, so it must be true! I finally got a chance to scan the Illawarra Mercury article I was interviewed for last week. Click on the small image to see the full-sized one (be warned – it’s about 750 KB). You might have to zoom … [Read more…]
Welcome Illawarra Mercury Readers!
If you’re visiting this site for the first time thanks to the link in the lunar planting article in today’s Illawarra Mercury, here are a few articles that will give you further information: What Is Lunar Planting? Phases Of The Moon Also check out the Upcoming Events in the left sidebar to see what moon … [Read more…]