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| Roof garden on Chook Shed cost less than AUD $100 |
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| Planted in 3 cm of substratum, instead of the standard 5cm plus |
Blooming and Bold
Without the buzzards and bees
Where would we bee?
A blog by Nicolle Kuna
A blog about sustainable landscaping and some eco-humour and eco-creativity.
Inside this blog we look at everything that is encroaching in to our natural urban landscapes – outdoor rooms (errchkem), weeds, urban noise, excess nutrientsThere’s a bit of art to add extra colour and inspiration. We believe in making sustainability fun - more gaming, less shaming.
Also see website on social marketing for greenies
To contact us – go to the contact us page http://www.converseconserve.com as the contact facility on this blog has been giving us mischief.
Attribution for above garden design goes to
Andrew Jones, talented artist and designer.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Roof garden on chook shed is progressing .. See blog 28/6/11
Thursday 10 November 2011
Green The Film
When building an Outdoor Room, ask yourself where is your timber coming from - watch http://www.greenthefilm.com/ before you decide to use timber from native forests overseas. As you lounge in your outdoor setting, the lovely orang-utans are languishing and perishing.
Q,R, S, T, U, V etc Sustainability Alphabet Soup
Decided to refer to this as a Sustainability alphabet soup. Dot-points. We greenies have a tendency to be too long-winded in what we say! A person designing their Outdoor Room or Garden can mull over this alphabet soup before making any decisions.
Q is for ...... err .... Queen Elizabeth, and her family who are avid produce gardeners
R is for Resources - always check the Source, Rainforest source (A big no no), Reclaimed or recycled source, Roof Gardens.
S is for Soil erosion and Salinity, Shade Trees, Stormwater discharge and the impacts
T is for Top-soil (all the vital living beings within it) and Towns in Transition (Totnes, UK!)
U is for Urban Heat Island Effect
V is for Vertical Gardening (Produce, Ornamental, air-cooling, indoor or outdoors, horticultural therapy)
W is for WSUD (water sensitive urban design), Wind-breaks, Waste (from building works), Worm wee, and Worms.
X is for .... err ... help.
Y is for ... Yard ... have to come back to that one, too.
Z is for Zoning in the garden eg hydrozoning, plant-stacking (shade for plants)
Q is for ...... err .... Queen Elizabeth, and her family who are avid produce gardeners
R is for Resources - always check the Source, Rainforest source (A big no no), Reclaimed or recycled source, Roof Gardens.
S is for Soil erosion and Salinity, Shade Trees, Stormwater discharge and the impacts
T is for Top-soil (all the vital living beings within it) and Towns in Transition (Totnes, UK!)
U is for Urban Heat Island Effect
V is for Vertical Gardening (Produce, Ornamental, air-cooling, indoor or outdoors, horticultural therapy)
W is for WSUD (water sensitive urban design), Wind-breaks, Waste (from building works), Worm wee, and Worms.
X is for .... err ... help.
Y is for ... Yard ... have to come back to that one, too.
Z is for Zoning in the garden eg hydrozoning, plant-stacking (shade for plants)
Thursday 3 November 2011
J, K, L, M, N, 0, P ... sustainability alphabet
J is Juice, Jams/chutneys from your produce patch or balcony
K is for kool kid-friendly kitchen gardens
L is for Leacheate (Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), herbicides, timber finishes, chemical pesticides, high nutrient fertilisers, vehicle residues etc)
M is for Merbau/Kwila and other habitat significant exotic timber species (to be avoided!)
N is for Native Hedging and native formal design (Oui ... c'est tres possible)
O is for Organic fertiliser, Organic soil, Orangutans ('Orrible Merbau decking!).
P is for Pollination, Pebbles and Paving (glare/heat factor, active waterway source:?) and Perfectly 'ppropriate Permeable Surfaces (permeable paving, porous concrete etc).
Readers feel free to add more in the comment box. Merci beaucoup.
K is for kool kid-friendly kitchen gardens
L is for Leacheate (Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), herbicides, timber finishes, chemical pesticides, high nutrient fertilisers, vehicle residues etc)
M is for Merbau/Kwila and other habitat significant exotic timber species (to be avoided!)
N is for Native Hedging and native formal design (Oui ... c'est tres possible)
O is for Organic fertiliser, Organic soil, Orangutans ('Orrible Merbau decking!).
P is for Pollination, Pebbles and Paving (glare/heat factor, active waterway source:?) and Perfectly 'ppropriate Permeable Surfaces (permeable paving, porous concrete etc).
Readers feel free to add more in the comment box. Merci beaucoup.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
A fuzzy yellow cockatiel was born Melbourne Cup Day, the size of a walnut
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| So picture with bird post seemed apt. Just don't pay any attention to the Agapanthus (weed in this photo). |
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