A snap-shot of our progress to date
Indoors:
Out and about:
Future projects and works in progress:
I'll be adding an album to the photo gallery when I get a chance too.
- LED lights
- Recycled cellulose ceiling insulation (R6)
- Reused, reclaimed, preloved and recycled furniture
- Behaviours - turning things off
- Energy meter - knowing what our appliances use
- HRV ventillation system - heats and cools using the air from the roofspace
- Draft sealing around doors and windows
- No electric blankets or heaters at night - dogs under dooners instead!!
- Curtains and blinds
- Draft stopper on shower fan
- Buckets in shower and other grey water collection
- 6 Star energy rated fridge
- Eco Kettle
- Palm oil free cleaning with only Clean Conscience, Enjo, water and home made products using essential oils
- Clothing racks instead of the drier
- Composting all food waste
- Solar Tube skylight
- And much more...
- 8.95 kW solar system
- Chooks
- Native, indigenous and edible gardens
- Limited lawn areas - never watered
- Mulching throughout
- Organic & heirloom vegetable production
- Fruit trees
- Kiwi Fruit, Passion Fruit and Grape Vines to shade northern parts of the house
- Composting (4 bins), bokashi (1 bin), worm farming (5 bins)
- Water gardens and swayles (soon to be featured on Melbourne Water's website)
- Restoring old furniture rescued from the tip
- Water saving from downpipes into buckets, drums and rain garden
- Natural pest control - chooks!
- Recycled plastic fences and posts
- Second hand building materials for chooktopia and other construction
- Reclaimed timber veggie beds
- Absolutely no bought herbicides, pesticides or fertilisers
- And much much more!
Out and about:
- Public transport where possible
- 5 star rated Toyota Yaris - even to tow a trailer!!
- Take own reusable coffee cups and drink bottles
- Bring recycling home with us
- Bring home left over food from eating out, for chooks and dogs
- And much much more!
Future projects and works in progress:
- Water tanks
- Pelmets (home made on a budget)
- Increasing PV system
- Solar hot water
- (somehow) reducing hubby's meat consumption
I'll be adding an album to the photo gallery when I get a chance too.
Our swale rain garden protecting our place from the deluge
