Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Plans from now to Dec 2012

People think 'it' won't happen. 'It' already has - see this post here from the Witches Kitchen.

2012 increasing Our House Sustainability - Plans.
  • more water tanks/barrels. Current: 950Litres with a view to increase
  • fruit trees. Current: 24 trees with the rest to be in by the end of the year/early next
  • fruit and veg beds: current 5 + pots, with hopefully the rest to be in by 2011/2012
  • teeth: all defects remedied. Decreasing chance for recurrence.
  • solar oven: would love to make one. Not sure if I can make one to a high enough heat/standard. Can't afford to buy one, really.
  • pizza oven: query sustainability of fueling it, where would the 'fuel' (wood) come from?
  • house heating/cooling: address the skylight in the kitchen with a view to home-modifying it to be a 'roof window' [add link]. We don't have a/c or heating, but we do have ceiling fans. Investigate other non-powered options/ways to reduce hot/cold
  • the shed: transform to a workshop instead of the confused mess that it currently is.
  • Seed System: refine my seed saving, do it more, and better organise current seeds (saved and/or purchased)
  • drainage. Issues under the patio - install the 'floor gutter' and direct run-off to be productive.
  • maintenance: gutters, patio supports, unfinished projects.
I'm sure there's more to add and I'll keep adding them. Feel free to suggest or link to what you're doing/plan to do.
There's a few things that already puzzle me. The Council does put in native plants for median strips (but few people know how to use those plants - what's potentially edible/medicinal on them) but why not fruit trees (and not just olives). As I commented on Gavin's post at The Greening of Gavin, the Council has a 100 reasons why they won't plant fruit trees in median strips - people who would throw oranges at cars currently throw bricks... so you may as well at least make it edible for those who don't throw bricks.

Anyway, so I am side-tracked again.
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