Anyone here switched to Powershop for their electricity? Claims to be green, etc.

I switched and haven't noticed if I've had any impact on the enviro but I'm loving how hands-on I can be with it, recording my own metre reads and "shopping for their online deals" etc.

Btw shameless plug - if anyone is thinking of switching, PM me your name & email address (legit) and I'll refer you and we both will get $75 free. Shameless, I say! :lol:

my missus has got 200 chickens and 40 geese.....we get farkloads of eggs sell em for $5 freerange beuties

Edited by batfink: 20/4/2016 04:01:05 PM

Ive got 3 red hens
get 2 -3 eggs a day
fresh water every day
wheat ( not pellets )
greens everyday ( left over spinach, cabbage , lettuce , fennel etc )

dont give them grass cuttings , i almost lost one

Be gone oxygen thief

I'm another consumer.

all good....my iwfe is the poultry guru, so if you have any dramas let me know....she cleaned up at the easter show again this year with 2 champions ribbons for her birds

My side and back "neighbour" is a school oval so there's no issues there. And the two houses across the road I'd consider neighbours, and within earshot, are very pro-animals and both have lived farm lives in previous life so they're arguably as keen as me to have chickens around.

Thanks for the tips mate, unreal.

Tips are easy.....

need to feed with a quality laying pellet, provide shell grit to help with shell strength, perches need to be natural branches of around 25 to 32mm diameter, broomsticks and small diameter sticks give feet problems, a box in the laying shed of diatomaceous earth is good for the hens to dust bath in prevents lice and mite, they also peck a bit and it help prevent worms, the mite and lice will live in the dust and timber of the shed, so what i do is oil the timber to prevent them getting established,same for the perches, i use oil and kero and paint the perches, you should establish a deep litter pen of straw or spoilt lucerne at least 100mm or more and as this becomes soiled by the hens you can remove and compost it for your veggie garden as mulch fertiliser....... make sure you hang the feeder and water unit from chain off the ceiling to prevent rodents from eating all your feed and contaminating feed and water......also it is important to note, that chickens do not lay everyday all year round.....

will the Neighbors be ok with the noise??

Anyone here had laying hens before?

Been a long-term goal of mine to get some. The Mrs has always said I can have them after our yard is in order - which is getting closer.

Do's/don'ts for chickens? And for their coops?

Looking likely I'll have the space for 4-6 chickens.

Im in my mid 30s and have never owned a car. We live in a 3 person household with no car.

buy some premade vegetable planter boxes /tubs ... 3 or 4 should do it
.. the ones made from corrugate iron are easy, wooden sleepers one normally need assembly , and you need to line it with plastic on the inside
sit the planter box on some pavers, concrete etc so its nice and flat
then start at the bottom, put down a layer of newspaper, then twigs ( or small brannches) then some hay or straw and then top it with good soil and potting mix... when you first water it, the soil level will drop , just top it up again and then plant

use drippers and a timer, makes watering easy

learn to propagate your herbs.. I do this with my basil , parsley, rosermary , oregano

place vegetables which like a lot of sun in one planter box , then as you move to the next planter, the plants will require less sun etc etc
e.g mine get the northern sun, so first tub has chilli and tomato
second has basil , garlic
third has cucumbers , zucchini , broccoli

also use the space
get a gutter a few metres in length 2 -4,
fill the end caps
drill some holes every 20-30cm in for drainage
hang somewhere
fill with soil
plant spinach and green leafy vegetables in it.

Count me in if you need some green thumb assistance.

Are you buying trees? You don't have to replant trees.

That's my job mate. Exposing some rocks is worse than acid mine drainage but don't tell the Greens :lol:

Do you have any idea how much damage you can casue to our environment removing precious rocks ?

wheres Murdoch Rags, id like to see his stone carved mobile phone

Gentlemen

I have a ~6m long by ~1m wide area on my property that I am fully going to make a veggie garden.

On one side along it, is a ~500mm drop to the ground. On the other side along it, a 8ft high wooden fence.

Help me plan my veggie garden.

I want good, healthy & hearty fruit&veggies. I'm happy to water them every day or two, but am hoping for something minimal fuss.

Happy to install spikes/etc to help things grow up or down.

Hoping to not be pulling plants fully out and replanting all the freaking time if I can help it.

Help a brother out, help design my veggie garden.

Note: I already have a herb garden.

Edited by pv4: 22/3/2016 12:25:47 PM

They are monsters, the Mallee is the biggest producer of spuds in Australia with our sandy soil and underground water supply.

oh yeah....we have been digging up our spuds for dinner each day and are so yummy straight out of the ground and onto the dinner plate that evening

is that 150 metre pivots??

150 hactare is 375 acres? that's a serious pivot???

We have two 150 hectare centre point pivots on our property growing spuds...does that count?

bump de bump

Got a compost bin and have been chucking all my produce scraps in it.

who doesn't like the smell of their own farts?????

Was waiting for this.

I drive a Prius, because I like to take care of the environment. We're just a little bit more environmentally conscious here.

Edited by u4486662: 21/2/2014 05:45:27 PM

i grow all my on vegies and i compost which goes straight back into where it was grown from. Oh and i smell my own farts

Dino - plant some basil. We've been using ours like crazy, and it grows so quickly!