Tag: energy saving gardening
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Starting the Mulberry arbor
Last year (was it that long ago?), we decided to build a little verandah to protect the lounge room window. But I had a thought (and a decided lack of cash) when looking out one day at our ‘dwarf’ Mulberry. This dwarf tree reaches 6-8 metres every year and we lose a lot of berries…
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DIY geoengineering.
Geoengineering is not the sole domain of mad technocrats! We can do a little ourselves and tohgether, we can do a lot!
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The new workspace is coming along nicely…
Marlon and I have been pretty busy building lately. We’re offering workshops along the general theme of resilience, sustainability and creativity at Ligaya Garden pretty soon. So we took down the old shed and converted the space into an outdoor (but covered) workshop area with a solid concrete floor, excellent natural lighting and drainage. Jelina…
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Time to look back over the last few months.
Now the cooler weather is here, it’s time to look back over the last 6 and a bit months of activity and see where our efforts at making the house and our lifestyle more comfortable and “sustainable’. We have been blessed with many gifts, contacts, small loans and untiring friends, so much so that we…
