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Nasturtium capers (aka poor man capers) is an easy (so easy) way for us folk in cool temperate climates to grow “pretend capers”, as the real ones need more heat than our climate can offer. Eating local is an effective approach to tackling a range of environmental issues including food miles. Food miles tracks how […]
When it comes to energy efficient hacks, the humble hot box is as simple as it gets. The hot box is exactly what it sounds like, and is how you can cook quite a lot of your food after being initially heated on the stove for a short time. But why bother? Australian households are […]
If you’re looking to start keeping chickens, or are wanting to tweak and refine your current system, this video is for you. I’ve summarised just six hacks which will transform you and your chicken’s lives and included some more links to other highly useful things you can do in the resources list at the end […]
This week I’ve put together a little follow up video on the “Perennial Kale Trees” video I did around a month ago. I explain how you manage the plants once they go to seed or get invaded by aphids – which happens to us all! This little video shows you a simple way you can […]
You may not realise that so many of the flowers in your garden can actually feature in your next meal. In this latest Good Life For All video I take you for a stroll through our garden where I harvest and eat seven different flowers. This is the 12th video in our Good Life For […]
Making your own yoghurt doesn’t have to involve buying new machines/gear. It just involves your existing pots and pans, time and some mature yoghurt to get the party started! The latest video in our Good Life For All series shows you exactly how – I love making these little videos as a way to support […]
While some pest and diseases can be tolerated in small amounts, codling moth is not one of those as it will devastate your apple crops and make you cry. This latest video builds on one of our older blogs and shows you exactly what you can do to keep codling moth out of your apples […]
For our second video in our Good Life For All series I show you how to prune a young fruit or nut tree. This method can be used for most fruit trees to shape them for maximum yield. Pruning can be confusing For anyone who’s researched pruning, you’ll notice there’s an overwhelming amount of ways to […]
As our property is so steep, integrating animals into our food gardens hasn’t been able to happen as much as the permaculture text books imply it should. For example if I put our chickens into our orchard, they’d scratch all the mulch and top soil down to the bottom of the hill – and I […]