Emma planting trees
In June our friend Emma came down from Northern NSW to the cold of Tassie to help out for a week. Part of what we wanted to achive was the planting of some native trees and shrubs in a corner of the garden.
Luckily just up towards the Great Western Tiers at Liffey is [...]
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September 13th 2009 Mandy & I are opening our house up as part of Sustainable House Day. It is on 13th September and five houses in Northern Tasmania are opening up their doors as part of a national day. All sorts of houses are opening to the public to show what sustainablity is in the [...]
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A while ago Mandy & I were approached by an advertising agency and asked if we were interested in being part of a Google campaign that kickstarts your searching by having several different topics, each one faced by real people. We were asked if we would face the Building and Renovation page.
After a few months [...]
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Mandy. Tessa Dog and I have now been here in the house for one year. It has flown past and looking back it has been quite a journey. The house and garden has slowly been rejuvenated and although we are nowhere near finished lots has been achieved although quite often it does not feel that [...]
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At long last our plans for our extension on the North side of the house and renovations to kitchen and bathroom have come back from Lateral Draftinga nd are in at Council for approval.
The original idea has changed somewhat with innovative input from Lateral Drafting. We are now looking at a large family room/studio space [...]
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The insulating of the house has been a great success with a noticeable difference in the temperature in the house during this winter. However every time I was in the shower with the exhaust fan on I couldn’t help thinking that all a fan is, is a big hole (approx 30cm) in the ceiling down [...]
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