This post relates to these previous ones: Livelocal experiment : suburban immersion + A chilly taste of the ride out here.. : Immersion #1 Well, im certainly immersed that’s for sure. So immersed I haven’t been posting, perhaps you noticed . . After the flurry of activity finishing projects and collecting up all the things I was… [Read more…]
I thought i’d start the suburban immersion experiment posts off with a rough audio experiment i did with stuffing a little ”point and shoot” audio recorder. Not my usual tools or methods of choich but since I recorded the stuff I think i’ll just post it up here anyway. .. and since i already have… [Read more…]
Well since ive started the suburban immersion stint i should probably catch up on the post from last visit.. Heres the last of the ‘SPRU’ series for now.. We don’t have a camera at the moment as the family one is o/s with the folks. Hopefully we’ll find a decent used one on ebay for… [Read more…]
My folks are heading to Sri Lanka for a month and for the first time we have a veggie garden which needs looking after.. It will be a bit different to my recent main stay “The Barn” – a creative artist warehouse near Alexandria south of Sydney town. Im going to take the oppurtunity for… [Read more…]
My folks have one of those aluminium + glass table sets: y’know the obligatory one that goes with any pergola or backyard area which have emerged in the last few years.. I never liked the thing – i can’t put anything heavy on the glass top and its usually shrouded in a big tarp over… [Read more…]
This is the 7th update in the Suburban permi retrofit series. Well this is a belated update on the suburban permaculture-inspired retrofit project. There was a period of absolute lush-ness recently. After some strict taming the pumpkin vines are being productive.
Hmm, slow news month here at frugalist massive. Spending time urban wwoofing and visiting friends + family around melbourne has led to less net time like I anticipated – and the promised podcast is a bit behind schedule. Ah, hows about another photolog update ? [the crowd roars . . ] I’m going to play… [Read more…]
I’ve been a bad blogger.. Haven’t updated in a while. Got a few posts in the works – I swear ! Just waiting on some things like borrowing peoples cameras and hoping to source some more photos of the compost loos at high and dry festival.. Oh well, heres one. A nice little permi retrofit… [Read more…]
Wooh! (big breathy sigh). This was a big job. Heres a photo montage to start, showing a bit of the history of the property and what it was like. Note all the sacrificial gum trees and me playing on top of them.. oh. There is an out of focus shot which gives you a rough… [Read more…]
These posts are firmly of the permi retrofit variety at the mo. This has got alot to do with my 10-day stay at my parents place up to today. I can get good food and a bed at my folks place I thought, so why not do a stint there and blitz some gardens. I… [Read more…]
“We need a herb garden” My family declared recently. Great ! i thought. So to get into edible gardening it seemed like small containers would be the way to go. I was recently reassured that polysterene is inert so ive been growing things in them quite a bit lately. My inner toxin police would prick… [Read more…]
Much to my frustration whilst i was a kid, my folks have always had a strong frugal streak. Years down the track its gone almost full circle, with frugal tips going the other way. In recent years this has been encouraged by my links to the sustainable events world and solar power through my friends… [Read more…]
August 22, 2010
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