Category Archives: Garden

Some success

Posted on December 14, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I had a look over the garden / backyard farm this afternoon to see how all was after the large amount of rain we’ve had and to see if there was anything wrong. I looked over the Granny Smith apple … Continue reading →

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A drainage trench

Posted on October 10, 2011 by The Elite Geek

We had an issue with water pooling on the side of our house, we originally thought this was related to the neighbours driveway – it was caving this way, but after they replaced that recently, we’ve still seen water pooling … Continue reading →

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My First Lawn Mower

Posted on September 18, 2011 by The Elite Geek

After messing around with it for a few hours this morning, the lawn mower finally starts and the grass is finally cut. The problem turned out to be the spark plug, which would work but go crappy after the motor … Continue reading →

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A Lawnmower

Posted on September 17, 2011 by The Elite Geek

The grass is growing a lot of clover, so during the week we decided to seek out a second hand mower (the person originally doing it has been slack, I wonder if our storage arrangement also got slack if they’d … Continue reading →

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Fruit Trees are growing

Posted on September 11, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I don’t get much time in the afternoon’s after work to go check on how the fruit trees are going, so the weekend is pretty much the best opportunity to have a look at them individually and see what’s happening. … Continue reading →

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Time wasted!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I had spent the last few weeks fishing around for details on the protocol used in the Nissan.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download After much, much, much Googling and some testing, I concluded that there is no OBDII … Continue reading →

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When it stops raining…

Posted on July 23, 2011 by The Elite Geek

.. I’d like to give the car a wash and remove the leaves that have been hiding up near the windscreen. It stopped enough today but I took the time to get the radio working (only CDs were working, and … Continue reading →

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The Garden in Autumn

Posted on June 18, 2011 by The Elite Geek

We got a reasonable result from the back garden in Autumn. We had some losses on getting the seeds in a growing state though – we lost a heap to what might have been excess water. Then the first set … Continue reading →

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Eggs. Home Made Foods.

Posted on May 11, 2011 by The Elite Geek

Eggs are finally arriving, we’ve had 6 of them from one chook, the other chickens seem to be slow or younger. We planned to have extra chickens join the current ones over the weekend, since they aren’t laying, that’s not … Continue reading →

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Worm Farm now seems productive

Posted on April 30, 2011 by The Elite Geek

We had originally established the worm farm based on a simple idea of two styrofoam boxes stuck together, and bedding based on garden soil, newspaper and straw. The worms seemed to be OK with that, but after 6 months or … Continue reading →

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A new tree addition

Posted on April 12, 2011 by The Elite Geek

After considering more what our desired trees will be, we went out over the weekend in search of some stone fruit trees and some kiwi fruit vines to bury the chicken house with (it’ll double as shade cover and provide … Continue reading →

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A day in the garden

Posted on April 3, 2011 by The Elite Geek

Today, we spent much of the afternoon fixing up the odds that occur in the gardens. First up was the front, the flowers we placed there last year are still going strong, but the weeds have found paths through the … Continue reading →

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Funding our projects

Posted on April 2, 2011 by The Elite Geek

Finding funding for many of the changes I want to take going forward remains difficult. The solar panels are paying for themselves, but we still need to pay the upfront charge which is restricting our ability to expand and add … Continue reading →

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Chickens are in!

Posted on March 27, 2011 by The Elite Geek

We had finished the setup of the chook house during the week, and then set out to get some chickens. The plan is to start with just a few and see how they work out with respect to feed and … Continue reading →

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The Oven is nearing completion

Posted on March 20, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I’ve spent a lot of time lately on the car that I’ve left the chook house – “The Oven” – alone sort of. A few weeks ago, we bought drill bits capable of boring large holes into the stump and … Continue reading →

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Passion Fruit Moves to New Home

Posted on February 20, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I was contemplating making Strawberry planters which make the most of the space given to them, by placing the plants in a vertical position, growing out of pipe – the online one uses PVC pipe – we looked for alternatives, … Continue reading →

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Future of Food

Posted on February 12, 2011 by The Elite Geek

I was watching The Future of Food on SBS, this was an interesting documentary on exactly what I’ve thought were unsustainable farming practices. It was a good watch, noting just how much grain is used to produce 100g of beef … Continue reading →

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Rain Rain Go Away

Posted on February 12, 2011 by The Elite Geek

Items on the list of things to take care of involve the garden out the back – I need to move our passionfruit to the back fence, the small garden bed they are in was never supposed to be permanent, … Continue reading →

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pH fixed – crops formed

Posted on January 1, 2011 by The Elite Geek

Back in November, I was doubting the success of our vegie garden, the plants seemed to be growing, but no food was to be seen – we had plenty of healthy plants with no food. The cabbage was attacked by … Continue reading →

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How to rot a tree stump?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by The Elite Geek

After having our tree chopped down, I wanted to get rid of the stump, but paying nearly $600 for that isn’t an option right now, so I hunted out alternatives. Nitrogen and water are the best from what options we … Continue reading →

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The fence, the tree.

Posted on November 23, 2010 by The Elite Geek

The fence on one side might be replaced in the coming weeks / months as the owners of the townhouses look to fix their driveway (it’s eroding on the slope). The tree at the back, the one we wish to … Continue reading →

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Pest Free!

Posted on November 3, 2010 by The Elite Geek

We managed to sort out the issue with the caterpillars – garlic spray. A mixture of vegetable oil, garlic and water did the trick nicely, the caterpillars don’t like it one bit, so that should save the cabbage, tomatoes, and … Continue reading →

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What does it mean?

Posted on October 31, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I had looked at this issue with my partner recently, whilst addressing the consumption of meat. What does “sustainable” mean? Sustain – this means to continue, to ‘go forth’. Able – ‘ability’. So, sustainable is therefore the ‘ability to continue’. … Continue reading →

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