G'day.
G'day.
G'day everyone. I'm a forager from Queensland, Australia. I love being able to find a meal while I'm just bushwalking or going for a stroll along the coast. I'm just starting to raise snails for food and I'm experimenting with wind power so I can safely set up the kids' cubbyhouse with 12 volt power.
I own a few acres beside a creek and I'm slowly planting it out with fruit trees and other food plants that can look after themselves with minimal help from me. I get black frosts in the little valley I'm in so it's a matter of planting and hoping to get more than a year out of a plant. So far citrus seems like a safe bet. I'm interested in seeing how others solve problems and getting ideas for new ways to stay off the grid and be more self sufficient.
I own a few acres beside a creek and I'm slowly planting it out with fruit trees and other food plants that can look after themselves with minimal help from me. I get black frosts in the little valley I'm in so it's a matter of planting and hoping to get more than a year out of a plant. So far citrus seems like a safe bet. I'm interested in seeing how others solve problems and getting ideas for new ways to stay off the grid and be more self sufficient.
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Hello, welcome to ish
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Hi there Shidifen, welcome to our little forum. ![wave :wave:](./images/smilies/wave.gif)
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Hiya!
My one memory of Queensland is hot, hot, hot...
My one memory of Queensland is hot, hot, hot...
Ina
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I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
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G'day Weedo!
Hi ina. We just had a record breaking Summer over here. The hottest AND driest. Even all the weeds in my yard died! I use Cats-ears as a coffee substitute and my crop shriveled to nothing. My wife and I were thinking seriously about moving to Tasmania when I saw CCTV footage of people wearing jumpers in Hobart at Christmas time.
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Hi ina. We just had a record breaking Summer over here. The hottest AND driest. Even all the weeds in my yard died! I use Cats-ears as a coffee substitute and my crop shriveled to nothing. My wife and I were thinking seriously about moving to Tasmania when I saw CCTV footage of people wearing jumpers in Hobart at Christmas time.
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Re: G'day.
Same in the Riverina, Very hot & dry - I am dry sowing in the hope of enough rain to germinate the seed. Hobart has a great climate, warmer, drier and sunnier than Melbourne (which means sunnier than Sydney)
IF you rally want a "secure" climate, try King Island - never recorded a drought or frost
IF you rally want a "secure" climate, try King Island - never recorded a drought or frost
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