Beaut local blog

There’s a beaut local blog by Charlotte with some great photos of the Chippo gardens here:  A Place A Day  Read More

Pine St raingarden planted

Pine St raingarden newly planted Remember the terrific work done by the chefs and Rachel, John, Helen and others to make the bed for the Pine St raingarden?  To find it click on ‘raingardens’ in the Tags, or it’s here:  http://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/wp-admin/post.php?post=608&action=edit Helen and Don have planted it out and finished it just in time for the good rain we’ve had these last few days.  Notice the... Read More

Bob Carr to launch 2nd Ed Sustainable House book

Some 14 years after the then Premier Bob Carr launched Sydney’s Sustainable House by pulling the knob on a front loading clothes washing machine, Bob will return to the house to launch the second edition of my book, Sustainable House. In the 14 years that’ve passed over 1.5 million litres of sewage has been kept in the tiny back garden, and over 1.4 million litres of dam water has been left in the dam.  We’ve been drinking rain... Read More

Road gardening today

Working on compost bins in Peace Park today: L to R: John, Beth, Paul, Xavier Today we worked on the compost bins in Peace Park, Myrtle and Rose Streets. Some serious getting to the bottom of things work was done.  John disappeared in one of the bins.  Paul reckoned we could have popped John and the bin in the post, all we needed was a stamp. Beth was awarded the Compost Bravery Award for Courage Under Fire From Cockroaches (First Class).  It’s... Read More

Conversations in the street

I was walking back to my place to pick up the wheelbarrow and some tools and I saw this bloke picking weeds. “What are those?”, I asked. “Chickweed”, he said, and asked, “Are you Michael?” “Sure”, I said. “I’d like to come gardening with you”. “Well, email me and I’ll put you on our gardening list and you can come any time.  We garden each Friday”. Later that night,... Read More