Tag: suburban resilience
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Double duty
Marlon’s improvised defroster…an upturned metal collander that fits snugly onto our slow cooker. This captures and uses waste heat from the cooker, not that the heat is really wasted at this time of year – it contributes a little to keeping the house warm. In this way, the electricity used for the cooking is used…
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2 months in the straw.
My straw bale garden. It’s 2 months old today and rocking along. in it are 2 kinds of Chinese cabbage, silver beet, kale and a sweet potato for luck. Growth is OK and pests are minimal. The white plastic bag on a stick moves with the wind, creating movement and noise. It has successfully frightened…
