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The gardeners at LATOC are top notch too.

I have to admit that the food/garden forum there is growing great guns. In the past few months it has become one of the better sub forums about on the web ...

Jacob - hello. I have a little bit of the same situation ... house is 130 years old and when I bought it 3 years ago was coming apart at the seams etc etc etc. So I still bought it, and then I have sp ...

I am not too sure what the difference is between permaculture and organic gardening, save that the former tends to have more philosophy about it. I read a couple of books on permaculture once and got ...

Brissie is at the east coast, at the moment not dry at all.
I prefer the warm climate here, but my husband always dreams of Tassie, because it's wild and cold.
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I wonder about the existing ra ...

Well, I'm going to jump in here and say Tasmania. Wink

Cool temperate climate that is absolutely terrific for growing crops, lots of water so long as you buy in the right spot. Lots and lots of farmlets ...

Thanks for the update Matt. I guess we'll just have to go on stocking up our chapsticks and diet coke until the forums get up and running again. Wink

What a pain to have the site go down on you like tha ...

It is also important to realise that you don't need to move out to the country to achieve at least some form of self-sufficiency. I live in inner Hobart. I have half an acre. I grow all my own vegies ...

I recently bought a hand driven grain mill in Australia - they're about - just google them. Prices vary according to quality.

As for point 2, I know an awful lot of people who are currently sitting on big mortgages with houses worth 50-100,000 les than what they paid for them. Or ... in the past week, have seen 3 people put ...

Yep, here I am. I moved down here 3 years ago in order to find a more sustainable lifestyle. Love it. I live in Hobart ... half half an acre of food gardens and am doing well.

The island is specta ...

Impressive list Shannymara!

Unfortunately my island has such strict quarantine laws it isn't worth the gaol time to risk it, but good luck with the swapping.

I would have to say that Tasmania (The island at the bottom of Australia) would be an even better place to live as it has better rainfall, a cooler climate and very low population density.

And ...

The pot in pot system works extremely well - I have a friend who keeps all his food and drink cold in them right through the Australian summer.

You know you can use hay bales as well, right? Nothing simpler or easier. Get your hay bales, arrange them in a rectangle (or whatever shape takes your fancy), lay cardboard down on the bottom to stop ...

I certainly wouldn't plant them 5 inches deep. I get heavy frosts and a bit of snow in my area and (according to the old lore) I plant my garlic, along with my shallots, on the shortest day of the yea ...