Andrew Tailby

Here in nsw australia things are going somewhat backwards.
They are replacing the ageing fleet with new trains over the next few years but instead of expanding and reopening up some lines like to mudgee they are only doing a 1 for 1 replacement so it means that nothing will change here.
They are also removing the sleeper car from these new trains so the overnight trip to brisbane and melbourne is a coach seat all the way now.
And again talk of high speed rail which get dragged out every few yrs and put back away as they scream the costs are too high.
We have the chance to go forwards but once you get out of that radius of say 100km they tend to forget about the country folk esp when they spend 65 odd billion on some new metro driverless trains and lines that dont link in with the currant system.

In other kick starters mostly aimed at the d&d crowd there is one currently doing about how to improve your game and the online pdf was about $15usd or $30 for all 3 then for a soft cover book it was about $30usd and i think a hard cover book was pushing the 60 to 70usd but again its a very different market for table top gaming.
As for price wise maybe see if you can speak to a printer and see what your cost would be to do a run of 500 then 1000 books.
As for extras at a higher pledge i know some people have inc peoples names when they have done like a super level of a few 100 dollars or maybe inc like a signed copy or even a 1 on 1 zoom session to help people if they are will to drop some serious coin to get everything over the line.

We are in a arid part of australia and run sprinklers for both home gardens and the lawn.
The company i work for does a lot of irrigation projects as well as for home services.
If you can i suggest having a look at a company called naandanjain and then under there products micro sprinklers.
We use the modular sprinkler head which attach to a 60cm stake with tube and than you conect it into like 13mm or 19mm low density poly tube which im sure you can get like from a home depot store.
To get the end of the stake into the poly tube you will need to obtain a hole punch and were using the 360° with a water use of apx 105lt an hour.
Covering the soil is a thick layer of rice straw as its easy to obtain in my area and we only need to water about every 3rd day for between 30 to 60 mins as the soil is still wet under the straw.
The front garden did have different micro sprinklers but i replaced them all for the naandanjain brand as if some dirt is in the line as we dont have a filter being on town water its just simply a case of pulling off the head and run the hose for about 30 seconds to clear the line and to check the head for any dirt or rubbish that might have been caught up in it.
The poly tube just sits ontop of the garden bed and weaves its way through the front garden area and other then changing the sprinklers to this type over the past 9 months i really havent had any issues.
As for the lawn pop up sprinklers well thats a different issue all together and need to get somebody in to have a look at 2 sprinklers that are currently not working too well and look at what we can replace them with maybe a updated model of what we currently have in the lawn.

Kathleen Marshall wrote:Hi all.

I'm new here and just starting to learn about permaculture. I'm hoping to turn part of my property (just under 2 acres, mostly woods) into a food forest to feed my family and help my neighbors as well. However, at this point just getting my vegetable garden to cooperate has been a challenge.

I'm not new to gardening. I've been playing in the dirt since I was a small child. But after moving into this house three years ago, it's been a struggle.

There are some smallish raised beds on the east side of the house. The former owner had a virtual jungle of tomatoes, peppers, onions, and a few other things. I was impressed with how beautifully her veggies were growing.

The following year I planted my own garden and was very disappointed. I got 2 tomatoes (so much for canning) and a handful of peppers. Last year was just as bad.

We've had very dry weather here in Wisconsin so I feel that part of the problem is water. I'm not fond of just running a sprinkler because I feel like it wastes a lot of water.

I'm looking for some ideas for irrigation that are not just effective, but cheap. I'd love to see what you all think. 🙂

Thanks!
Kat

Thanks for the link i will check it out at the weekend when i have a little more time to watch

Anne Miller wrote:I believe this is the link to the High Performance Garden Show:

https://permies.com/wiki/211357/Lynn-Gillespie-High-Performance-Garden

Thank you, Lynn, for sharing the information about the 25 tomato plants in 16 sq. ft.

I know a lot of books are aimed more at a amercian reader with a lot of garden space but is this book for somebody with a small foot print for a garden space.
I have a small space in my back yard in australia that is maybe about 20ft long and about 6 foot wide.
Im in a more arid climate and when we moved in we removed the grass and built up 2 hill type beds layed with cardboard on the base then built up with garden soil from the local hardware store and rice straw and hay.
The small back area behind these 2 rows is about 6 feet by 6 feet and is currently home to some mint and baby style egg plant and yellow squash with rows at the front currently growing 2 pumpkins as we did have 2 tomatoe plants and bell pepers plants which did very well as we get on avg about 8 to 10hrs of sunlight in the space has a brick garage wall about 2 feet away from the garden which faces west so it still throws off heat after the sun has gone down.
Will this book help me to grow more in such a limited space as we have had to place up wire to stop the dog from getting in to help garden ?
Im thinking about giving the beds a rest for a few months as my pumpkin plants even though there is only 2 of them have some what taken over the space so is it worth just waiting a few months and then plant again in the spring time as i dont think we can control the pumpkins too much.

In australia they use a kelpie dog as a working dog mostly for sheep.
Sorry if i spelt the breed wrong.
Some of the working dogs that go to auction can cost a farmer a pretty penny with one that sold a few months ago for just over 40,000aud.
I have heard that alpaca's can make good guard animals as well.

Wow aldi here in australia about every 6 months sell a rain water barrel that holds about 100-200lts of water and you stick it up on a stand.
I think the size of its foot print is about 2ft by 2ft and the height is like 3 or 4ft high thats my best guess as we work in cm's.
It seems strange that you cant have a small water tank like the size of a 44 gallon drum to store water in if it was a closed systems where bugs didnt get in so easy.
And a 6ft by 4ft green house thats only about 1.8m by 1.2m isnt that massive unless your only a very small block.
As for the quails can you put up a bird avery to house them or again is this on the no go list ?
You would only think there wouldnt be any issues doing stuff in your own back yard esp if the back area was about 10m wide by atleast 5m long and sorry thats not in feet i have a hard time trying to work it out with larger numbers.
I know most new house blocks in the suburbs of sydney are around 500 to 600sq meters and there about 15m wide and about 20 to 25m in length and yep there isnt a lot of room out back but still enough for a small green house and garden space

I know that people were doing some raised beds out on the nature strip but the local council wasnt happy and told the resedents they had to go but mind you it was in a very quite street with very little foot and car traffic

For people in australia you need to copy and paste the book name to buy from the australian site

Have to wait till april 2nd for australia but i think were geo blocked via amazon unless you can find a way to create a fake us address.