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blockhill is an eco-living arrangement and rural lifestyle experiment. Here we share our ideas, experience and observations of living a low impact life. Get the blockhill experience here.
11Jan2012
Tangled CarrotFrom above ground, this looked like a promising specimen, nice and bushy green.
Somehow it got stunted and tangled. Shame.
11 Jan 201205Jan2012
More grass than you can shake a scythe atThe abnormally wet summer has caused tremendous grass growth. Not that we complain, as other things are also growing well.
Everyday is an opportunity to hack back a bit more grass... if only there were 7 of me!
05 Jan 201227Dec2011
A hint of garlicDate:27 Dec 201113Nov2011
PolyculturesThe other end of the spectrum from monocultures, polycultures are mixed plantings of various species that work together and may imitate naturally occurring collections.
Unlike monoculture, which is prone to pest and disease, depletes and degrades soil, polycultures are ecosystems in themselves, utilising the balancing and collaborative effects of nature.
13 Nov 201111Nov2011
Melting BeeswaxI hate to see anything go to waste so with the fire going to heat the bath I remembered the deserted beehive with the exposed comb.
Crushed up and sitting in an iron pot near the fire it slowly melts down. Once I have skimmed off the impurities perhaps I can make a candle...
11 Nov 201101Nov2011
Getting older, in styleSomething of a ritual, we recognised our third wedding anniversary by once again squeezing into our costumes and making a photo for the record.
November is a good time for this with so much vibrant growth and bloom.
01 Nov 201128Oct2011
Signs of a greenieAs part of the upcoming elections Melisa organised a sign for us to show off our true colours as the leader road greenies.
Jumps right out at the milk trucks, hanging from our recently erected sign post.
28 Oct 201112Oct2011
Log Swale / HugelkulturThere is a theory that burying rotting logs can improve the water retention and that plants growing above can tap into that water trapped in the rotting 'sponge' of wood.
Since we had the digger on site I figured we should give it a go - stay tuned for results on this
12 Oct 201112Oct2011
Earth movingToday we had the digger come and lay come cables and pipes. As part of the general improvement project we had a number of small jobs that man and a machine could do so much faster than a man alone.
Unfortunately, now there is a big mess of clay and chewed up grass....
12 Oct 2011
