Food box data for August 2010
Sydney Food Connect have provided this information on their fruit n veggie boxes: Over the month of August the social and environmental impact has been: Households/week: 228 City Cousins: 23 Price to farmers: 40c/$ Organic or chemical free: 100% Food miles: 261 km If you’re not a subscriber yet, that should be enough to tip the balance. Sign up here! I’m the City Cousin for Chippendale. I love knowing that of the $35 I pay for my box... Read More
Original Bokashi recipe
To avoid the cost of buying commercial mixes for a Bokashi kitchen composter use this original recipe and make it at home: Original Recipe Bokashi Mix (from Stephen Willis) Dry ingredients (Choose A or B) Preparation A 10 litres rice bran or wheat bran 5 litres fish meal or bone meal or chicken manure 5 litres seed remains after oil extraction (canola, soya, sunflower, sesame or linseed) Preparation B 10 litres rice bran or wheat bran 10 litres... Read More
Bob The Chook goes on the web
Bob the Chook shows the way to the kids Today I spoke by video on my computer with some children in a school in Qld. They asked questions and I answered them as best I could. To show the kids one of the things I do to live by growing my own food I held one of the chooks, Bob, in my arms for most of the 45 minutes of our discussion. Bob was the star. To persuade Bob to relax and be a webstar I held a little container of oats for her to peck. The... Read More
Beautiful garden diary
The 2011 permaculture diary produced by Michele Margolis features Myrtle St, Peace Park compost bins and other local verge initiatives. It is inspiring and informative for anyone vaguely interested in food growing, community gardening or sustainability with real life stories, resources, planting calendar and recipes. It’s ethically printed with recycled Australian paper and veg inks. I reckon Local Councils should be flogging it –... Read More
Choosing a sewage system for a house
I’ve been asked this question: “We are very interested in installing an aerated system to treat our greywater for in-house use and would appreciate any advice on which supplier to use. So far Ozzi Kleen have been the most responsive to our enquiries.” I consider at least two products for on site sewage projects: Aqua Nova (aquanova.com…, and Innoflow (www.innoflowtechnologies.com…) The first is about half the cost of... Read More
