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Composting in Western Australia
Composting is a great way to reuse garden waste and vegetable scraps. Where I live I use lawn clippings, vegetable plants that have gone...
Feb 9, 20232 min read


Having to Postpone Plans Indefinitely
Last year I wrote about weed removal in a lawn using black plastic and boiling water. I thought great, I was going to put boiling water...
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Laundry - How Often to Wash?
A question that often goes unasked is how often should laundry actually be washed. First, it is worth establishing what we are trying to...
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Things Not Going My Way and the Reason
Today I thought I was going to write a blog post about installing a security camera. I was wrong. I was wrong because I endured setbacks...
Jan 25, 20232 min read


Controlling Ants Ecologically
We have a problem with ants in brick paving at a house in Mandurah. Poison is not favoured because it can be ecologically hazardous....
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Weed Removal from a Lawn - Novel Approaches for Difficult Weed Infestations
I have been weeding since I was a small child, even if sometimes the plants I pulled out weren't weeds! This has been a bit of an...
Nov 30, 20225 min read
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