tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post9666026949373911..comments2010-03-30T16:21:32.493+11:00Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-76594450171114942010-03-30T16:21:32.485+11:002010-03-30T16:21:32.485+11:00Hi doridar,<br /><br />Sorry, I didn&#39;t notice your comment before now! No, I haven&#39;t had another go with the potatoes yet as we are only just heading into potato planting season now - I am deliberating whether to have another go with cages as I think they are a great concept! I will post about it if I do though :-)<br /><br />Hi cityhippyfarmgirl,<br />Thank you :-D<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-65621326417176500862010-03-29T14:06:19.103+11:002010-03-29T14:06:19.103+11:00Julie, I have just found your blog and like everyone else has said- inspiring stuff! A lot of really great resources here and lovely pictures. Really glad I found you.cityhippyfarmgirlhttp://cityhippyfarmgirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-4959594912336500072010-03-18T17:11:01.206+11:002010-03-18T17:11:01.206+11:00Hi Julie,<br /><br />I love your ideas on sustainable living! <br /><br />I am working with Earth Hour and this year they are focusing on ways people can reduce their impact on the environment by going beyond turning off the lights for one hour focusing on people&#39;s lifestyle choices and their impacts on the planet. Like Towards Sustainability show, there are many simple things individuals and families can do to reduce their environmental footprint.<br /><br />Is this something you would be interested in?Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998001582445850252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-8506224322010430942010-03-16T21:12:00.653+11:002010-03-16T21:12:00.653+11:00Hmmm... don&#39;t know if it went through! I am curious about your potato cage experiment: only two posts? what happened after your incident with beetles? did you go on?doridar@skynet.benoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-21412387603420918112010-03-03T09:19:33.494+11:002010-03-03T09:19:33.494+11:00Hi Brenda,<br />Mmmm, you&#39;re going to have a lovely winter with all that basil and parsley put away! I love all the work you are putting into your garden - it&#39;s not only keeping you healthy but nourishing your family and providing an awesome example for your kids. Keep up the great work!<br /><br />Cheers, JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-76614460724889603502010-03-01T22:34:25.633+11:002010-03-01T22:34:25.633+11:00Julie, did the basil in oil &amp; I have now enough to see me through to next Spring at least! I also applied the same method for Italian parsley!<br /><br />Read &#39;Garden of Eden&#39; &amp; that has motivated me to take full advantage of our acre: I have no excuse.<br /><br />Loved your blog, and despite 3 teenagers, all involved with sport, and working 4 days a week, my veggie garden is my priority to feed our family as much as possible: my kids and husband always know where to find me!Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16278243020874052738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-56036498489544735992010-01-18T10:53:41.631+11:002010-01-18T10:53:41.631+11:00Hi avocadoandlemon,<br />Awesome - keep up the great work! I&#39;d love to have the patience to become a yoga teacher, but teaching is not my forte, have fun :-)<br /><br />Hi Africanaussie,<br />Thank you and keep on plodding along!<br /><br />Hi Cate,<br />Keep up the great work! And yes I LOVE Animal, Vegetable, Miracle :-)<br /><br />Hi Megan and Karan,<br />Thank you ladies :-)<br /><br />Hi Ronnie,<br />Thank you and good luck with your journey :-)<br /><br />Hi Shandora,<br />Yes I did buy one - I got it on sale at a discount outlet so although it wasn&#39;t cheap, it was a third of the price of the others and works just as well. I love the idea of haybox cookers - so inexpensive! - but I could never get mine to work very well, so I gave up on it sadly...<br /><br />Cheers, JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-5939310165511966822010-01-15T17:40:53.380+11:002010-01-15T17:40:53.380+11:00wow, great list!! I saw the word thermal cooker, which I didn(t know, and found some great recipes there too...thanks. But those things are soooo expensive! did you buy one yet? &#39; cause I just made my own hay box, which is not so sophisticated, but works the same way and didn&#39;t cost me a dime!!! you might consider doing this in the mean time?shandorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945627419311409453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-7785611503189111582010-01-14T09:40:27.018+11:002010-01-14T09:40:27.018+11:00thank you for putting down your journey thus far in a single post! phew its both exhausting and exhilarating to read through the growing list!<br /><br />and as I&#39;ve only recently stumbled over your little place here in the blogosphere it&#39;s given me a much clearer idea about where you&#39;re coming from and going to - and your recorded process of change makes for a fascinating read<br /><br />I&#39;m looking forward to reading on and on into the futureronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260679591630131813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-83547365333854316462010-01-14T06:43:58.391+11:002010-01-14T06:43:58.391+11:00Thats fantastic! What a great idea for a post. love your blog and have been reading it for over a year. <br />Everything you do is achievable for the average person as well. Thanks for inspiring.<br /><br />Karanthe4mcgeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13330387723906978024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-52616313689889016372010-01-13T20:43:21.334+11:002010-01-13T20:43:21.334+11:00thank you so much for sharing this inspirational history with all of us. xoMeagan @ecoMILFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878259391140205192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-35697828731385081972010-01-13T19:55:40.341+11:002010-01-13T19:55:40.341+11:00Congratulations! It really shows what a &quot;slowly slowly&quot; approach (as my neighbour calls it) can achieve! You should also consider the exponential effects of your message: <br />I&#39;ve started a blog - only 2 posts so far; become far more enthusiastic about my vegie garden; and lots more! I&#39;ve even planted with a mind to storing some of our summer produce (preserving using my mum&#39;s Fowler&#39;s Vaccola). BTW: have you read <i>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</i> by Barbara Kingsolver et al.? It&#39;s great and I think you&#39;ll enjoy it.<br />Cheers,<br />CatePost Imperfecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678276303439352940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-30790018666119346602010-01-13T12:02:30.728+11:002010-01-13T12:02:30.728+11:00Thanks so much for taking the time to list things. It is a good reminder to look at things I have missed along the way. Way behind you though - congratulations!africanaussiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-18934124812309116992010-01-13T10:34:34.786+11:002010-01-13T10:34:34.786+11:00Wow! Thanks for sharing. So many ideas here. I&#39;ve gone commercial deoderant free recently, among other things, and it feels great. I plan to try the no &#39;poo, and, following your link here, I&#39;ve just ordered some compostable bamboo toothbrushes!<br /><br />I&#39;m about to finish up at my full-time job to go off and do yoga teacher training, as well as start trying to write more, so a lot of these things will not only make my lifestyle more sustainable, but mean I&#39;m spending less, which is never a bad thing if you&#39;re earning a pittance... :)avocadoandlemonhttp://avocadoandlemon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-68334024023089938632010-01-13T09:49:18.559+11:002010-01-13T09:49:18.559+11:00Hello everyone :-)<br /><br />Dixie, Karen, Kate &amp; Christian,<br />Thank you!<br /><br />Hey Kel,<br />Naa, there&#39;s still WAY too much to learn, &amp; still quite overwhelmed by it all sometimes. <br /><br />Hi Tracie &amp; Green Mama,<br />Thank you both and keep up the great work yourselves :-)<br /><br />Hi Cat :-)<br />So many things are easy to do straight away, and they then form a great basis for building upon over time.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-60638905611717602672010-01-13T07:12:30.034+11:002010-01-13T07:12:30.034+11:00You have come so far - congratulations! I think that an important part of what you do is raise awareness about practical ways to make changes in your life. In fact, reading your list, a few things struck me straight away as easy to implement.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491156622067880805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-39157281647364315632010-01-12T19:33:04.699+11:002010-01-12T19:33:04.699+11:00Fantastic post Julie, must feel great to see all your work in black and white. Very inspiring.Green Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307326788147301716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-77229173242278420602010-01-12T18:39:15.109+11:002010-01-12T18:39:15.109+11:00Hi Julie,<br />I love to read and be inpired by your blog. Thanks for all your great work. <br /><br />TracieTraciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118063745443375285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-33708984288337681142010-01-12T18:26:55.610+11:002010-01-12T18:26:55.610+11:00what a great journey! in some ways i wish i had come to green living in such a way- it makes for such a wonderful inspiring transition story! now you can join the ranks of know it all!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-31069658010565071212010-01-12T15:55:00.848+11:002010-01-12T15:55:00.848+11:00Great post, very inspiring.Christian Bigginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283242590359725281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-28707260890771258672010-01-12T14:59:23.022+11:002010-01-12T14:59:23.022+11:00Take a bow...<br /><br />you are an inspiration, so much done so quickly really.<br /><br />I hope you took a moment to reflect and feel proud of what you have achieved so far, and the great example that you are setting for your girls.<br /><br />cheers Katesimplelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397507005757292686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-91616822821583322872010-01-12T14:47:05.374+11:002010-01-12T14:47:05.374+11:00I feel exhausted after reading what lengths you&#39;ve gone to, and feeling how very inadequate my efforts have been.<br />Well done to you and your whole family. I hope your kind of passion for the environment catches on.Karen Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15474054332534086378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-52659799265640500572010-01-12T14:38:06.410+11:002010-01-12T14:38:06.410+11:00** standing ovation **<br /><br />(You are all an inspiration!)dixiebellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03891290324250395382noreply@blogger.com