The chickmobile
We had a bit of interest in the design and build of our chicken coop so here’s a quick tour. […]
Projects
Building a cob oven – part 3
In part 1 we built the oven plinth and base. Part 2 covered the oven wall, mixing the cob and
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Building a cob oven – part 2
In part 1 we covered: building the oven plinth learning news skills in bricklaying, tolerance and forgiving raids on the
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Building a cob oven – part 1
The cob oven was one of our earliest projects. There’s something very appealing about the idea of an outdoor oven
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Look no hands! Feeding fish on holiday*
*No, not when the fish are on holiday. When we are. Fish keeping best practice is apparently to feed
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Aquaponics, Projects
Build your own aquaponics greenhouse – part 3
Part 1 covered the build, and part 2 the plumbing. In this post I’ll cover the growing media, plants and fish.
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Build your own aquaponics greenhouse – part 2
* Geekery warning * Apparently, this post is heavy on technical detail and somewhat light on comedic anecdotes. (Personally, I’m
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Aquaponics, Projects
Build your own aquaponics greenhouse – part 1
I first heard about aquaponics at a permaculture talk in London. One of the speakers, Richard Tatum, described the aquaponics
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Aquaponics, Projects