At long last here is the mini podcast I was working on.. Originally recorded out of interest - then cut together for the live local project on ABC Radio National's '360 Documentaries' program. But we missed the deadline .. so its just up here.
August 25, 2010
I was very pleased to receive a little package yesterday. It’s the next permi diary; why on earth am getting a diary in August? Well this diary, now in its third year, is usually pretty special with a mixture of normal diary pages and then stories/ photos interspersed throughout. The diary was one of the […]
August 22, 2010
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 […]
August 9, 2010
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 […]
July 28, 2010
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 […]
June 23, 2010
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.
February 11, 2010
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 […]
January 16, 2010
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 […]
October 20, 2009
“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 […]
April 3, 2011
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