by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Feb 5, 2016 | Eco-living
Are you worried that you will never see inside our fabulous house because we do not know you or like you? Fear no longer! The Owner Builder magazine is a wonderful Australian publication which helped to fuel our own off-grid dreams. The House that Worked Out is...
by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Jan 29, 2016 | Eco-living, livestock
Having moved up in the world, shifting from our 1 room 6 x 6 metre cabin to the grandiosity of the House That Worked Out, we decided to share the love and improve the living conditions of our chickens. This was not a completely selfless decision; the chickens...
by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Dec 25, 2015 | Eco-living
Merry Christmas from the House That Worked Out! And, as a special treat, here is both a blog entry AND a nifty video we put together ourselves. (Yes, someone has just discovered imovie). You can either read and watch or just scroll down for the story in our short (and...
by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Dec 7, 2015 | Eco-living, livestock
Whenever we embark on new projects for The House that Worked Out, we always ask ourselves a few questions: will this project improve our quality of lives? does it give us enough bang for our buck? Are there any downsides to the new project, especially regarding...
by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Nov 20, 2015 | Eco-living
As difficult as this may be to believe, not everything we do here is a world-resounding success. In fact, our recent duck pond project has been one smelly, filthy, disgusting, dangerous failure. Dangerous, yes. Read on. The problem with the pond is that I left it too...
by blythe_tait@bigpond.com | Oct 21, 2015 | Eco-living
Your own free-range eggs delivered right to your back door: this is one of the benefits of keeping your own chickens. And as a homesteader, you are practically obligated to keep chickens- it’s the first step to having the idyllic Old MacDonald’s Farm. But there is a...
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