Well, it’s been a month since I posted an update. Life has been full as usual. Let’s start with the house itself, the roof is on at last, first the purlings went on, then the sarking, then the iron. It was a big job and the four days we were on the roof it wasContinueContinue reading “Getting closer . . .”
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Rain at last . . .
75mm of rain in the last five days, and more coming. Everything is cool and damp. I could have guessed it would rain as we have just paid for a tank full of water, c’est la vie! So the past two days have been spent digging ditches to direct the run-off from our garden asContinueContinue reading “Rain at last . . .”
Sleepy Hollow . . .
Well, Banksia Hollow has been a bit of a “sleepy hollow” lately as we have been busy doing other things. We have had to stop and work on our fire breaks more than once over the past month and there is currently a fire about 8km from our southern boundary. We met with the fireContinueContinue reading “Sleepy Hollow . . .”
Solar Power demystified . . .
As part of Transition St Marys we are looking at bulk purchasing to help each other out by increasing our buying power and negotiating discounts from suppliers. One thing we are looking at is bulk purchasing solar power systems. Here is an example of a successful scheme: http://www.goldfieldssolarhub.org.au/ Some ideas so far are: The buyerContinueContinue reading “Solar Power demystified . . .”
Orchids and wildflower time . . .
We have discovered a lot of native orchids in the bush nearby and have been watching their progress. Down in the hollow there has been a steady succession of beautiful wildflowers and more recently masses of yellow bottlebrush. The house site is surrounded by Banksia Marginata which we have propagated as part of our landContinueContinue reading “Orchids and wildflower time . . .”
Banksia Hollow 