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Working the Late Winter Veggie Patch 25 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
Firstly, I must say that because I have been spending so much time making the new garden beds in the front yard, the main veggie patch has been a little neglected. Today I remedied that issue. After...
Podcast Episode 39 - The Failing Suburban Experiment: Cars 23 Aug 2013 | 04:48 pm
This weeks episode is the start of a mini-series that I have titled The Failing Suburban Experiment. This particular episode is all about car dependency and what may happen to suburbs without them. I ...
First Eggs from the New Flock 22 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
See what I did there? I'm on the slippery slope of backyard chooks. Truly. I am already at the bottom of the slope. Anyway, my girls have been very productive lately. Out of 10 hens we have been g...
The Slippery Slope of Backyard Chooks 21 Aug 2013 | 11:55 am
I was just out admiring my girls (chooks) and watching their antics and wondered if there were hazards to having backyard hens. Are there any hazards that a little bit of common sense won't fix? Wel...
Teaching on Curious.com 20 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
I have been getting a lot of feedback about my video tutorials via reader emails and via YouTube. So much so, that recently I was invited by Curious.com to turn them into more formal lessons on their...
Our Soap Making Workshop 19 Aug 2013 | 03:04 pm
If you thought I had worked hard making the new front yard garden beds, then you are going to love this. The very next day, Kim and I taught a Soap Making workshop at Melton South Community Centre, w...
Veggies in the Front Yard 18 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
Ludacris. Unheard of. Insane. What if someone steals them? How many vegetables do you really need? Rubbish I say! These are all comments that others have said when I mentioned that I was going to...
Tell Ben That You Care 14 Aug 2013 | 02:45 pm
We were marking Ben's home school work today and stumbled across this piece of work. The hypothetical situation was that he had to pretend to be a radio DJ, and he was asked to write a short talk abo...
Honda Civic Hybrid 7 Years On - The Verdict 12 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
In a few weeks, our car is seven years old. Happy Birthday car! However folks, it is not your ordinary internal combustion engine car, but a hybrid/electric car. Just one of those crazy, unthought t...
Soy Candle Workshop 11 Aug 2013 | 03:47 pm
Kim and I had a great day. We held our first public Soy Candle workshop at the Melton South Community House, which is not far away from our home. We loaded up the hybrid and headed down to the works...
