earthmothering9

earthmothering9, 3 hours ago to random

Enjoying a pub lunch with the DH to celebrate our Anniversary. Denmark Western Australia.
Note the number 48 on our table was chosen for a reason. (Hint)

perkinsy, 3 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to worms

Managed to do a fair bit of gardening today despite battling the start of a migraine (eventually thwarted by caffeine and rest in the afternoon). I repotted a blueberry plant that was in a way too small pot. I also repotted my $5 tubestock camellia I purchased recently.

My big success was finishing sieving my worms from their worm poo and therefore being able to retire one tray of my worm farm. It has taken me many hours over a few weekends to accomplish this because it is the first time I have done it and I didn't know what I was doing. Eventually with advice from @treevan and @earthmothering9 I got it and this morning I was much more efficient. This is what social media is so good for - sharing skills and experience as well as encouraging others.

So I cleaned up a worm tray and felt good!
#worms #vermiculture <- newly learned word for me :-)

perkinsy, 4 days ago to random

Australian children are missing out on learning music at school and out of school. Parents are cutting back as cost of living rises.

Learning to play music as a child is so important for people's well-being and enriches society.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-11/families-cutting-back-music-cost-of-living/103823896

earthmothering9, 10 days ago to random

SYDNEY, April 26, 2024: Composting’s role in the fight against climate change will be in focus during International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), to be held from May 5-11 in Australia. Amid the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as flooding, droughts or bushfires, composting offers a practical, hands-on response to climate change mitigation where every household can join the global effort. “As a community we can all contribute to a healthy planet by keeping food scraps away from landfill and one of the ways is through composting,” says Chris Rochfort, CEO of the Centre for Organic Research & Education (CORE). “Composting can help reduce landfill methane emissions and restoring soil health, which will help build resilience to climate change, reduce reliance on synthetic fertilisers, and sequester carbon by removing it from the atmosphere.” Composting can benefit the climate in many ways.

#Compost

perkinsy, 11 days ago to melbourne

My mother's garden in full autumnal colour: this morning I divided more clivias and planted the extra plants in the communal garden that lines a long path. I also pruned some Ivy geraniums and placed cuttings in the communal garden.

The body corporate does not have much of a gardening budget so we we are filling the big empty gaps beneath trees with plants that Mum can't fit in her garden. I follow the 'don't seek permission' principle but we both understand that if they don't like them then they can feel free to remove them.

After the working bee in Mum's garden last weekend there are fewer potted plants and the camellia in the foreground on the left (dark green leaves) is free of the jasmine that was covering the top of it.
#GardeningAU #Melbourne

earthmothering9, 16 days ago to random

Kilner jar of home grown kalamata olives soaking for a day or so.
#growYourOwn

earthmothering9, 17 days ago to random

Today is International Workers’ Memorial Day. We remember those who have needlessly lost their lives at work.
In Western Australia we have a memorial to those who didin't come home from work- and they are often in the mining and construction industries.

No-one should die at work.
#UnionPower

sylvia, 23 days ago to 3goodthings

#3GoodThings

1. My low FODMAP diet is a bit of a struggle but I already notice the difference after just a few days

2. A snoring cat in my lap is the best thing ever.

3. Read a book yesterday that made me really happy and it still made me smile today.

@3goodthings

perkinsy, 25 days ago to random

Today my husband added three new shelves to our food cupboard and we bought some clear plastic boxes to store the food on the shelves. It is a narrow but deep cupboard so things get lost at the back of the shelves. With the plastic boxes we can pull everything out very easily and see the contents.

The new shelves and efficient organisation means we can store a lot more in the cupboard. To our surprise after we finished the sorting we had an almost empty shelf in the middle of the cupboard.

We used a label maker to properly label our spice jars.

iangriffin, 26 days ago to random

My new "toy" arrived today. It's an 18mm f/11 "fisheye" lens for my Pentax MX camera. Purchased for a project involving suntrails and startrails. #newtoy

luciedigitalni, 28 days ago to auspol

"The big catch with all of these changes is no-grounds evictions will still be allowed in Western Australia...The landlord doesn't have to provide any reason, and can kick a fixed-term tenant out with 30 days notice, and 60 days notice for a periodic tenant who has no pre-determined end date to their lease."

#Fail #AusPol #Housing
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/wa-rental-laws-explained/103734310

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 month ago to auscovid19

Study: Kids with COVID but no symptoms play key role in household spread.

A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute significantly to household transmission.

"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–positive children"

"The fact that approximately 1 in 13 asymptomatically infected children developed PCC [post-COVID condition, or long COVID] is concerning and requires further investigation"

Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-kids-covid-no-symptoms-play-key-role-household-spread

Study: https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciae069/7634443

#COVID19 #householdtransmission #Kids @auscovid19

earthmothering9, 1 month ago to sustainability

Exciting news for Aussies!

Sustainable House Day is back with in-person home tours, and bigger than ever!

You can now explore this year’s featured homes, and make a booking for in-person open home tours - from a straw bale house on the west coast that feels like a warm hug, to a bushfire resilient home with sprawling views of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania!

A majority of the homes are opening in-person. For the safety and comfort of visitors and homeowners, places are strictly limited to timed sessions throughout the day - that do require a booking. Don’t miss out!
#sustainability

https://sustainablehouseday.com/

earthmothering9, 1 month ago to Bloomscrolling

Banksia in full bloom, down at the park. There was a New Holland Honeyeater flitting in and our, but too fast for my photo.
#bloomscrolling

FiStitchWitch, 1 month ago to crossstitch

Okay, so here's what 3/4 of Death by Cross Stitch looks like. This pattern is huge, I had to get the tall teenager to hold it up so I could get a picture.

Death by Cross Stitch is the name of the pattern by Long Dog Samplers. Thread is DMC 310 and the fabric is white 16 count aida.

@crossstitch

#DeathByCrossStitch #LongDogSamplers #CrossStitch #FiberArt

fkamiah17, 1 month ago to music

Check out this absolute queen, born 109 years ago yesterday.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/03/20/sister-rosetta-tharpe/

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain, Children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFywQdeKSo

#Music #Blues

earthmothering9, 1 month ago to random

Someone needs to do a SCIENCE and get to the bottom of what is going on with water quality at one of the best beaches in Perth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/mullaloo-beach-murky-water-blamed-on-construction-equipment/103605928

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 month ago to auscovid19

People with hypermobility may be more prone to long COVID, study suggests | http://theguardian.com

"People with excessive flexibility 30% more likely to say they had not fully recovered from COVID, research finds"

#LongCOVID #hypermobility @auscovid19

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/19/people-with-hypermobility-may-be-more-prone-to-long-covid-study-suggests

earthmothering9, 2 months ago to permaculture

This is about 11 minutes of clever, people powered, people centred regenerative agriculture. Cheer yourself up and watch it!

#permaculture
#regenerativeAgriculture
https://youtu.be/79VUAFq2rbg

dgar, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Long night so far.

A call from my sister just after midnight that she’d taken mum to the hospital.

Been holding bedside vigil while sister goes home and gets some sleep. Doctors running tests and whatnot. Morphine for the pain. Machines that go “bing”.

It’s about 4:30am and mum’s snoring with a plethora of tubes and wires.

Eyes are heavy. Chair is uncomfortable. The nurses showed me where I could make a cup of coffee for myself.

DanielMenjivar, 2 months ago to FiberArts

Let’s talk about seam guides, @sewing!

What are your favourite seam guides to use when #sewing? Do you use the same one every time, or vary it depending on what you’re sewing? Do you always use a seam guide, or just sometimes? Never? Do you prefer to align w/ the right edge of the presser foot and move the needle position on your domestic sewing machine? Tips? Tricks?

Personally, I try to use mine as much as possible and pick one depending on what I’m sewing (or how long it takes to install).

Brendanjones, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to TeslaMotors

Y'know what'd be awesome to minimise the material footprint of cars? Standardised, modular battery systems.

Imagine: for your daily city usage you use a small battery with, say, 150-300km range. Then when you want to take your family on holiday you take your car to the local battery swap and install the 800km range battery.

Smaller battery means:

1. Lighter cars = less wear on roads & less danger in crashes
2. Cheaper
3. Lower material and environmental footprint

#EV #cars #Transport

shojiwax, 2 months ago to cycling

Make it trend.

Post a photo or cite example of something simple (an object or an experience) that brings abundance and satisfaction way beyond its face-value simplicity.

Tag it with #frugalAbundance
Boost examples that resonate with you.

#bikeTooter #climateDiary #solarPunk #meditation #philosophy #lifestyle