The To-Do List

The To-do List

Last Updated on Friday, 28 September 2012 08:30 Written by Nevin Saturday, 13 February 2010 20:53

This is a list of projects that I have planned for the next couple of years, I will be updating it every-so-often, when one gets completed, or another one goes on the list!

Water

Install well
Make composting toilet
Modify wheelie bins to compost output of composting toilet
Install extra rainwater tank
Make vertical constructed wetland using bathtubs
Make drain for outlet for 500gal water tanks
Install tap for front yard from rainwater tanks
Install greywater outlet on the spa

Food

Build second veggie sun shade
Make experimental plastic house for one bay
Set up summer sun shades for veggie plots
Make homemade vinegar
Install grape arbour over tracks
Plant with grapes
Install grape vines over back deck
Install mushrooms from spawn
Make hedgerow for front yard
Set up one conventional veggie bed as a wicking bed
Make load of cordial
Set up asparagus bed
Make and install trellises on the fence
Install aerobin composter
Make pickles, preserves etc,
Install wicking bed
Make Self watering containers based on 20 litre plastic pail
Harvest and grow banana sucker
Plant deciduous fruit trees in front yard
Install duckboard and put in a no-dig garden on the roof of the sheds
Make a tortilla press
Make 2 pea teepees
Make 7 day sprouter

Livestock

Bees  (offsite)
Native bee hive in back yard
Install snail growing set-up
Install rabbit shed (Angora rabbits for fibre)
Develop set up for meat chickens
Build egg hatcher Make cover for aquaponics system
Install Bell siphons for aquaponics system
Complete gravel for aquaponics system
Install pump etc for Aquaponics system

Energy

Redo back deck
Replace one dichroic bulb with LED bulb (replaced them all they worked so well!)
Make and install passive solar heater on north wall of house
Re-cover parabolic solar cooker with mirrors or CDs
Make or obtain window quilts
Make fabric fireless cooker
Insulate under lounge room or whole house
Install draft excluder on extraction fan
Make and research briquette maker
Install new solar panels
Install vent and solar chimney for 12 volt fridge
Develop collector from the solar drier into room heater
Install bottle light in garage roof
Make wearable blanket
Make new improved stored heat cooker with steel disks

Transport

Make bicycle trailer (alright I cheated, I bought one)
Paint malawi handcart
Convert bike to cart bike

Craft & Mechanical etc

Make potters wheel
Set up potters area
Set up blacksmith area
Install flue over forge
Make plaster batt for clay recovery
Install new bench in garage for mitre saw
Table saw
Oxy & acetylene Cylinders

Declutter/Cleaning

Develop list of substitutes for cleaners & implement
Make and use washing powder/liquid
Make new batch of shampoo soap

Community

Hold stall in shopping centre
Develop veggie growers group
Street barbecue
School garden

Upcoming Articles

DIY vinegar
building a cob oven (probably 2 part)
Making a parabolic reflecting solar cooker
Making a NELPA (Primrose) solar cooker
Making a blacksmiths forge
Making a potters wheel
The Library - Herbs
The Library - Community
The Library - Crafts - Spinning and Weaving
The Library - Crafts - Pottery
The Library - Crafts - Blacksmithing
The Library - Food Processing - Breadmaking
The Library - Energy
The aquaculture system
The Library - Food - Preserving
The Library - Food - Greenhouse
A walk around our sustainable house - the front yard
A walk around our sustainable houe - Inside
A walk around our sustainable house - the back yard
A walk around our sustainable house - the Garage
Implementing the School Permaculture Garden

Last updated 28th September 2012