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  1. Justin Dallas

    Simple Greywater Diverter for your garden

    Here an interesting read on filtration for greywater ... http://www.milkwood.net/2012/10/16/building-a-simple-biological-diy-greywater-system/
  2. Justin Dallas

    Simple Greywater Diverter for your garden

    good idea stevo - just a simple drip through irrigation is perfect. I know there are ways to process grey water but, that sounds like a pain to be honest. I did watch something quite interesting that used reeds & bullrushes (root system) to filter & clean water - kind of like a mini eco eystem.
  3. Justin Dallas

    DIY Mosquito Trap made from recycled bottle

    yeah, ebay, or a local chain store should have them... here I got it at Pick'nPay. There is a small modification you can do to them that changes the voltage so you can zapp larger pests.
  4. Justin Dallas

    DIY Mosquito Trap made from recycled bottle

    These things are the best. Turns mozzie and fly hunting into a sport. Get to work on my backhand as well!
  5. Justin Dallas

    Water kefir, Milk kefir - natural fizzy drinks & Labneh

    yeah Jenni - just a bit in a small container is good. Little bit each day rather than loads at once I rekon, to build up & boost their system.
  6. Justin Dallas

    Question Food swap

    Mark thanks - using a web based system is definately something to consider. With things like facebook & twitter etc... thats something that could be used really well. There is not really anything like this - all 'business' models are for profit, generally getting the cheapest produce & selling...
  7. Justin Dallas

    Question Food swap

    Hi all! Been watching a few shows from Aus, & something that really got me thinking was the idea of a Food Swap - basically, local hobby or self sufficient growers get together & swap there produce - theres no pricing, or anything like that ... just local people trading & sharing produce...
  8. Justin Dallas

    Water kefir, Milk kefir - natural fizzy drinks & Labneh

    Im feeding milk kefir to the chooks ... great for immune boosting & gut. Probiotics in abundance. Also been giving Kombucha SCOBY (the thin culture from the top of the brew) cut to worm size - they flippen love it. Its also a great multivit for them, immune boosting.
  9. Justin Dallas

    Question Any suggestions or recommendations for a good cordless drill?

    What a great idea!!!! I didnt realise you could just buy a new Li-Ion battery for a Ni-Cd cordless drill.
  10. Justin Dallas

    Question How to lay a simple slab of concrete

    One thing I found is that if you power float floors/slab (which is like a floor polisher with steel blades) you significatly increase surface hardness (think industrial flooring). There are also some amazing additives and polymers you can float into the wet cement to color and texture the slab...
  11. Justin Dallas

    Question How to lay a simple slab of concrete

    Mark - Id say its doable, but back breaking work for one person - also, you only have a good couple hours to mix, pour & trowel. if you want longer working/setting time, start that evening when the heat of the day is gone, & its cooler - work through the night & finish the next morning/day...
  12. Justin Dallas

    Question How to lay a simple slab of concrete

    We did a 12m x 6m slab, & a 4m x 4m slab - by hand, in a single day. Industrial thickness (150-200mm thick) took 6 of us the whole day but, definatly doable by hand. Here in South Africa labour is real cheap & local Zulus are strong. I think the labour cost like R1000 ($100)
  13. Justin Dallas

    Simple Greywater Diverter for your garden

    I love that - Keep it Simple! My greywater system is even simpler - a 50mm to 30mm convertor, fed into a 30mm clear hose. The main issue I found with using greywater is getting flow right - using a hosepipe from the bath outlet took maybe an hour to drain - with a thicker hose (im using a...
  14. Justin Dallas

    Question Any suggestions or recommendations for a good cordless drill?

    I was looking at the new Bosch Professional (blue series) cordless drills - REALLY nice! Cordless, Li-Ion battery, 18v with a hammer function. They also have another version with SDS chuck. But, with new Li-Ion batteries becomming mainstream - the price is really falling with the Ni-Cd...
  15. Justin Dallas

    Huge outdoor pizza oven building project pledge

    Im looking to build a med size clay pizza oven - done a few days of looking up info. There is a mix of a good quality cement and vermiculite as mortar, to set the red clay bricks - here in South Africa, Ive never seen refactory cement (what is used in the US). But, apparently a good cement...
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