Preserving A Bumper Fruit Harvest

Where I live, it’s been a pretty fantastic year for fruit.Pile of peaches

The good rains over the previous 2 summers (after a long drought) plus good rain in spring probably had something to do with it. So might pretty regular (drip) irrigation and good sun. 🙂

For me, so far we have seen: Continue reading

Keep Your Home Cool Without Air-Conditioning – Quickly

What do you do when it’s hot?  Turn the air-conditioner House Roogulli midday 24 Nov 2012on without hesitation?

What about the cost – to your hip pocket and to the environment?

And what if you don’t have AC?  Continue reading

Terrific Transport For Serious Shopping

These CAN go together. 🙂

‘Really?!,’ you say, ‘Everyone knows that Christmas and sales shopping can be an absolute nightmare, especially the traffic and carparks.’

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself WHY? Continue reading

‘Tis The Season To Be Giving – Sustainable Giving in 4 Steps

We’re coming up to Christmas…and festivities mean giving but:

  • giving what? and
  • what the broader environmental and social implications of our giving? Continue reading

Short car trips = extra fuel

Like most teens, mine would like me to be their personal taxi service.  Their ideal would be for me (or them) to drive them anywhere at the drop of the hat.  Despite what I’ve taught them over the years, they now frequently want to drive for short distances.

But our car is not like a taxi.  A taxi runs nearly 24 hours a day…so its engine is running hot and therefore fairly efficiently. Continue reading