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Yippee, home renovation completed! 15 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
It’s been over a year now since the 'back of our house fell off’ as we prepared for a major adventure in home renovations to recreate the back part of our 1950’s house. After all these months of seemi...
Permablitz the Gong 23 May 2013 | 04:58 pm
Building no-dig veggie beds, creating a backyard pond, installing fencing, constructing a banana paw-paw pit, planting fruit trees and roofing the chicken house – it was amazing being part of a ‘Perma...
Local Fruit and Veg Swap jump start event 12 Feb 2013 | 03:09 pm
We’re really excited that this Sunday 17 Feb from 9am – 12 noon the ‘Waste Not Fruit and Veg’ swap is on again at the North Wollongong community garden. We always loved popping along to the monthly f...
Oh goodness, the vegie beds are bare! 2 Feb 2013 | 02:38 pm
Yes truth be told our vegie beds are not a pretty site at the moment. Between working so hard on our home renovation and learning to live with a new baby, our vegie beds have been totally neglected fo...
Green baby bottoms – using cloth nappies 15 Jan 2013 | 02:30 pm
Using cloth nappies has been a big learning curve for us in our adventure in urban sustainability over the last eleven months with our little bub. Reusable nappies have come a long way since the terry...
Spring in our suburban food forest garden 28 Oct 2012 | 09:54 am
Oh spring is such a magic time in the garden! There’s so much colour about even the chooks seem impressed... Our fruit bowl is full of custard apples and cherimoyas... And strawberries, mulberries,...
The back of the house fell off! 10 Sep 2012 | 12:48 pm
And we’re pretty happy about it! When we bought our 1950’s house 5 years ago, it had an extension on the back that was added in the 80’s by the previous owners. The extension had a huge amount of glas...
Giveaway – City Permaculture v2 book 5 Aug 2012 | 05:20 pm
From keeping bees on rooftops in Melbourne’s CBD to growing food plants in a bathtub in the backyard, Earth Garden’s new book City Permaculture volume 2 is packed with ideas and inspiration for growin...
Giveaway – City Permaculture v2 book (now closed) 5 Aug 2012 | 02:20 pm
From keeping bees on rooftops in Melbourne’s CBD to growing food plants in a bathtub in the backyard, Earth Garden’s new book City Permaculture volume 2 is packed with ideas and inspiration for growin...
Adventures at the local poultry show 14 Jul 2012 | 05:42 pm
From monster roosters that looked like they were half eagle, to sweet bantams chooks with outrageous hairdos, chickens and ducks of all kinds were out and about today at the Dapto Poultry Club annual ...
