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Our sustainable home is off grid and powered completely by solar panels with a wind turbine and generator backup. The evacuated tube solar hot water system works well and we use LPG for cooking in winter. All our water is collected on-site in tanks with a total capacity of 110000 litres. The house is well insulated and oriented and is energy and water-wise. Outside, on our 25 acres of conservation wetland/bushland, we are using just a couple of the acres to try and create a productive permaculture farm/garden to produce our own veggies, fruit, eggs and dairy products. Our septic is a Biolytix system which uses worms and the reclaimed water is used in the subsurface irrigation in our orchard which is also the area for the chooks and geese. Anything we have built or acquired something, we have tried to use recycled products. Our one rule however has been to do-it-once-and-do-it-well so its always a balancing act. The 'greenest' product may not neccessarily be so if it doesn't last as long. Although we are far from finished, we've come a long way. Enjoy!
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Useful written resources
- Tanya Ha, 'Greeniology: how to live well, be green and make a difference', Melbourne University Press, 2006.
- Derek Wrigley, 'Making Your Home Sustainable: a guide to retrofitting', Scribe Publications, 2005.
- 'Gmagazine: the green lifestyle magazine', Luna Media.
- 'Organic Gardener' magazine, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Green Pages lifestyle 2007
- Josh Byrne, 'The Green Gardener', Penguin Group (Australia), 2006.
- Jenny Allen, 'Smart Permaculture Design', New Holland Publishers, 2002.
- 'Organic Gardening In Australia', Pauline Pears. Dorling Kindersley Australasia, 2006.
- Clive Blazey and Jane Varkulevicius, 'The Australian Fruit and Vegetable Garden', The Digger's Club, 2006.
Quote of the month
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; rather, we borrow it from our children.'
Native American saying
Native American saying
3 comments:
Hey! Site looks great!
Did you get my comments from yesterday?
Anyway, I'm going a little bit green too! Had soil mealy bug infestation in one of my pots. Looked up toxicity for ACEPHATE and MALATHION (pesticides usually used) and decided that they were too toxic for my kids, so I've thrown out everything in the pot! Heart breaking but had to be done ;(
Anyway, looking forward to your progress.
... better check up on toxicity of aeroguard... otherwise we might have to use more pyrethrins.. they might be better??? Mealie bugs.. great!
oh, and yes, we got your comments from yesterday but because you sent it as an email link, it was sent just to us and not posted on the blog...
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