February 2012
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A new direction
I’ve let this blog go nowhere for a long time, but I’m at the point where I need to kickstart it again.
I’m taking a different direction though.
My garden has languished as I’ve been travelling for 6 months and not had the time to plant. But food is still close to my heart, well stomach - so I want to keep talking about food, quality of food and what we ingest...
April 2010
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February 2010
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December 2009
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Planted Carrots
I got about 1250 carrots planted today at lunch. Should be able to start pulling baby carrots in Jan/Feb to start thinning them out, and have full Carrots in Feb/Mar.
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Climategate
I recently received an email stating how taxes on CO2 emissions is stupid, so felt compelled to write something. Plants need CO2 for photosynthesis, so lets get rid of all CO2? :-)
You want conspiracy? How about scheming by political powers.
The carbon and emissions trading (Cap and Trade) is an oft criticised scheme to introduce a worldwide trading scheme for which the rich will become...
November 2009
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October 2009
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August 2009
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June 2009
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Open-pollinated, heirloom, organic, non-gmo seeds →
This is a fantastic way to start your vegetable garden. I’ll need to find an Australian seller of a similar product.
April 2009
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Vegetable garden beginnings
I’ve started growig vegetables. The main reason is self sufficiency, but the secondary reason is the price of vegetables in the shops. I cooked a risotto for family recently (for 10 people) and just the tomatoes alone were over $15. Instead if that, I have bought a punnet of seedlings for $2.50 and we have about 12 plants. According to a @lucass his small number of tomato bushes yielded more...
March 2009
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Permission to proceed
I had a follow up call from the same council member. The initial advice he had given me had been weighing on his mind, especially since the council have no policy or procedures in place for wind and solar.
He and some other colleagues had consulted their legal beagles throughout the day, which had elicited an alternate response.
Since there was no council laws stopping me, or directing how to...
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Local Government makes contact
I was contacted today by a Council representative. He advised that they had received my request and that there where a number of things I should do to get permission and approval.
He stated that this form of request is rare for them and they have no bylaws or provisions to cater for it. Although this is the case he advised that I:
Obtain an updated title search to determine feasibility;
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Solar Backup Battery for iPhone 2G/3G →
A great little device which I will be buying when I have the cash. Power your iPhone (in an emergency) from the Sun.
Energy Efficient Homes Package →
A promise of socialised home insulation solutions from @KevinRuddPM
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Climate Change and Water →
The Australian Government’s climate change policies. They state they are “Setting a 20 per cent target for renewable energy by 2020 to dramatically expand the use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind”.
I wonder if this means Solar and Wind power supported at the state infrastructure level only, and not at the personal level. If this is the case bureaucratic red...
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WatchThe UK Prime Minister discusses the “low carbon future” at the Low Carbon Summit.
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Government Approval
I need to approach my local Council (Casey Council) regarding approval on getting Solar and Wind power devices added to my property. The only thing I can find on their site is a document called the “Greenhouse Strategy Local Action Plan”. This document written in 2001 aims at “Reducing community emissions by 10%” with the target year of 2010.
This is an old plan, and 2010...
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Welcome to Bio Breakaway
Hello all. The aim of this Tumblog is to informally document, with short posts - video - and audio, my attempt to move “Off the Grid”.
I mean multiple things when I say “Off the Grid”. For one a move to power generation that is domicile centric and as carbon neutral as possible. Secondly a move to growing my own produce for all the households needs, and where it is not...