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Skinning A Duck

October 14, 2013 by Darren

What do you do with a misbehaving drake? Around here, you invite him to dinner!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food, Recipes Tagged: butchering, dog, ducks, fox, jamberoo, meat, recipe, slaughtering

Joel Salatin Workshops In Kiama!

February 14, 2013 by Darren

I’m super excited – I’ll be going to Joel Salatin’s “You Can Farm” workshop in Kiama on Sunday (Feb 17). Only three sleeps to go!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: farmers, jamberoo, Joel Salatin, Kiama, Milkwood, pork, workshops

New Australorp Rooster

August 18, 2012 by Darren

Meet the new “cock o’ the walk”, Big Oz!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard poultry, chooks, eggs, homestead, jamberoo, meat, rooster

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

Roadside Finds – Chicken Tractor

July 4, 2012 by Darren

A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you recover discarded treasures from the side of the road!

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chicken tractor, FreeCycle, jamberoo, rooster

The Environment Is What We Eat

March 12, 2012 by Darren

Here’s a great talk by a young girl from our primary school, Grace Mahon: httpv://youtu.be/Xzqci6hEteI Grace entered the prestigious LandLearn NSW public speaking competition at the end of last year and she has been selected as a finalist to compete at the Dubbo Beef Spectacular on March 15. You can read more about the competition … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations, Video Tagged: environment, jamberoo

Kiama Primary School Garden Opening

November 13, 2011 by Darren

Kiama Primary School had the official opening of their permaculture garden on Friday, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend. What an awesome garden they’ve built!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture Tagged: Costa's Garden Odyssey, illawarra, jamberoo, Kiama, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design, swales

Meeting Joel Salatin In Jamberoo

August 2, 2011 by Darren

Wow, what a day! I attended an all-day workshop, right here in Jamberoo, with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm.

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Keeping Animals Tagged: jamberoo, Joel Salatin, Kiama

Kiama Sustainability Expo 2011

June 7, 2011 by Darren

Lots of photos from the Kiama Sustainability Expo and Kiama Community Garden Open Day, held on Sunday. There were lots of local organisations and businesses present, as well as celebrity gardener Costa from SBS. What a top day!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Permaculture Tagged: backyard aquaponics, community gardens, Costa's Garden Odyssey, electric motorbike, Fresh By Nature, gardening, Green Box, hydroponic, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, john burgess, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, local food, solar hot water, solar power, sustainability, transition towns, workshops, world environment day

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

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!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong
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