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I'll take the kangaroo - so long as he doesn't slip in a rake with his hind legs. Emu or Cockatoo?

I use drip irrigation and with not a lot of rainfall the weeds in paths don't get too out of hand. just in case, I've adjusted my beds so I can get the ride-on mower down the lanes to knock them down. It works well here but I'm sure in higher rainfall areas it wouldn't be so successful.

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Both the copper sulphate (CuSO4) and the wettable sulphur are the garden variety. Regular sulphur is yellow and won't mix with water. For the chooks I use a level teaspoon of CuSO4 in 20 litres on a continual basis. The wettable sulphur I use during the warmer months at the same rate. For the...

I use copper sulphate in the drinking water for all our stock and have never had worm problems. Wettable sulphur in the water is also good for keeping the external pests away.

http://www.techniice.com/car-fridges-2.html I havn't used one of these fridges but have been very impressed with their esky's and other products. They do use the Danfoss compressors - the same as in my Waeco fridge.

Alkaline soils lock up iron causing the deficiency signs you describe which is more technically known as lime-induced chlorosis. Check your pH, otherwise the iron chelates will only be a temporary fix. Citrus prefer the pH to be 6.0-7.0 but will tolerate a little outside the range. If the soil...

G'day Mick. I was was born and raised in Ipswich and miss being able to grow veges almost year round. It's a lot drier where I live now and the extremes in temp differ from Ipswich by a few degrees so it has been a learning challenge to know what to grow when. Having lived there for 42/56 years...

I have a mains powered energiser running all my fences but also have a cheap self-contained solar unit for when I need to use some temporary fences. Similar to this -...

I've never incubated goose eggs but remember reading that they require high humidity - around 80% I think - and they need spraying with water daily to achieve this. Something about immersing them in water after 2 weeks comes to mind also. Probably depends on the type of incubator you are using.

I used Mailwasher Pro a few years back but don't have the traffic to warrant it nowadays. It really is a good program for sorting out the spam and is very intuitive.

Welcome Cathryne. You've got a bit going on there with the animals and birds but they add to the adventure. Hatching/breeding your own animals really does add another level to the enjoyment we can attain from a self-sufficient lifestyle. We've bred chooks, goats, cows, birds and are awaiting the...

You're welcome Ash. What you are doing is better than just planting and hoping. Looking at your pictures in other posts it seems you have a bit of slope to your land so I wouldn't think that waterlogging is going to be a major concern. If I had to prioritise my previous advice :- 1. Organic...

Allowing them to wrinkle is a process of dehydration which concentrates the sugars and flavour.

Vertosol soils are generally fairly fertile and considered to be some of the better agricultural soils in Australia. They are a self-mulching soil (sometimes referred to as self-cultivating) - as the soil cracks it takes in organic matter from the surface and incorporates it into the lower...

We get down to minus 7C overnight at times here during winter which causes our waterlines and paddock troughs to freeze up overnight. Our water supply in the chook house is a 20 litre drum sitting on a concrete floor which provides a thermal mass (could also be deemed to be a thermal battery...

I've heard of barley straw used in dams to remove/inhibit algae growth but wouldn't think that would be necessary in an enclosed environment like a wick bed. It would eventually rot away leaving the reservoir "strawless" anyway. IMHO

Very neat looking unit with more appeal than a cube.

I've been on the long path of down-sizing the collection of "useful stuff" for a couple of years also. This is the longest time we've stayed in one place (almost 12 years) and have never accumulated so much with the help of 4 teenage sons who have now left home. Each move previously has been a...