Category: Gardening
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Transition Gawler
For a couple of months now, I’ve been attending the fortnightly food and produce share put together by Transitions Gawler. It’s a fortnightly gathering of locals who grow a some or a lot of their own food. As you would think, there are always a range of seasonal fruit and veggies as well as eggs,…
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The joys of DIY sustainability projects
A friend swapped us a rainwater tank and a microwave for my ipad. I reckon this was an awesome deal, after all, what can you do with an ipad? Lon and I decided to redo the drainage at one end of the house in order to take the overflow away more effectively. What was…
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Sustainable generation.
When I look at the passion some of my son’s generation have for fighting climate change and embracing sustainability I am filled with optimism and hope. It is up to those of my generation, which includes those in power now, to make the effort to honestly and openly guide them in their learning so that…
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Spring window temperatures.
I noticed something about the temperatures yesterday, so got out some thermometers and checked the situation. The temperature inside the house was 24 °C, outside was 34°C. The interesting thing was that the temperature of the window glass on the western side of the house was almost 45°C! That was a lot of heat pumping…
