If economy means the state of production and consumption of goods and servoces then a ‘booming’ economy is bad, right?

Aussie, I love wicking beds so much I have converted half the veg garden beds. Still need topping up every week, but they last at least a fortnight, even with 35+ degrees and dry wind blowing. Great for above ground crops.

Lavendar

Ours is “Vanishing Pines” for obvious reasons

Hi, I’m David and I am an addict too.
Almost there.
Mortage …gone,
Land …paid for
Orchard….planted
Sheep .. fattening nicely
Power .. solar installed
veg garden …. on hold til I can get more water.
house …plans into council … building this year

3 adult can live quite comfortably on 500w solar panels & 880 amp/hr batteries.
We use a 120 l upright freezer (turned on 4 times a day for 1/2 hour) as a fridge, laptops, fluro lights this setup cost $3,500 and gives us 7 days autonomy. Haven’t turned the genny on for power in the 3 years we have had the system

My top 4 at the moment are (in order)

Aromas
Alinta
Amsterdam roze (pink flower)
Cambridge Rival

OK for jam
Red Gauntlet

Get a bucket of soapy water and scrubbing brush and go to work.
Better if you have young ones to do it for you

My dishwasher does an excellent job. Uses no electricity, cleans perfectly everytime, and looks good whilst doing it.
And as a special treat I sometimes do it for her. 🙂

Cheers
David

quick survey
How many people on ALS have a storage unit?

No, feathers are too intact

CME

redshift or is that blueshift???

landing

We got hold of some fresh horse manure mixed it with some straw
waited 4 or 5 days for decomposition to begin put a couple of inches of dirt on top then put seed trays on top

this is how it was done pre electricity (check out Victorian Kitchen Garden series)

cheap, easy and reliable (not subject to power failures)

David

I use 2 ply, 1/2 sheet tabloid wrapped around 440g baked beans
7/8 fill with mix sow seed(s)
place into box/tray (pack them in tight)
water carefully

David

newspaper pots in cardboard boxes (for transport)
8 weeks gives you plenty of time
do the slower growing brassicas & beets first
beans can wait a couple of weeks (4 weeks = 4 inches)
lettuce too can wait

20 months …..time to extract digit(s) 🙂

I go for a varied diet as possible.
Grains, greens & meat(ish)
I bought a 30 kg bag of scratch mix ($20 I normally get 4 seedings out a bag (12 months)) and grow that in the unoccupied half of the cook run (then swap them over)
The chooks get all the veg we don’t eat (I plant 10-20 each of cabbage, cauli, broccoli, kale and 30-40 lettuce a…[Read more]

@8:38 am
I am ready this thread and I cannot see the left column
ie the Posters details

Cheers
David