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Hi Nev, and congratulations!
we used to have 25 hives but had to give it up when our daughter became allergic to bee stings. - love them! We still have quite a few bits and pieces of equipment, and if you want a hand or any advice/have questions feel free!
Kaz

I hope someone hasn't posted this elsewhere, but old tyres make great potato towers. Lay one tyre on top of the lawn with newspaper on the ground, place seed potatoes on the paper and cover with a bit of compost/soil/straw. As the plants get to the top of the tyre, put another tyre on and top up wit...

Sorry, just caught up with this thread now - I would maybe look at infill walls using what we call broccoli boxes here, the polystyrene boxes veges come in at the green grocers. They make fantastic insulated walls if you fill them with soil or cheap fill and build them like a brick wall. You can pin...

It works for me - we don't dig anything! we only use no-dig beds for our veges etc and build up soil that way rather than digging down into the ground. If you do it properly the worms will do the digging for you
Kaz

Nev,
I can't believe that was you - my mother rang this afternoon and told me about someone who had been on the radio talking to RG about self sufficiency and spinning cotton. Wait till I tell her I met you virtually yesterday via a UK forum - will blow her mind all together!
Kaz

Nev,
thats terrible! I am the first to defend young people mostly but that is just stupid and mindless! Still, I really do believe that what goes around comes around - they will get theirs
Kaz

Hi Nev,
we are in Bankstown, where are you?
Kaz

Hello, what a wonderful site! We are Karen and Paul, currently living and working in Sydney Australia. Previously we have had a small organic farm breeding old fashioned breeds of poultry and pigs, raising herbs and veges and dairy goats and were largely self sufficient in the past. Currently we liv...