Links

A few great blogs and websites you'll finding me hanging out around the web. Check them out - some great resources here.

• Beginning Beekeeping - Together with the Dunedin Locavores group, we'll be making our own top bar beehives, and starting beekeeping. This site is very helpful.
  
  
• Belinda's Place - Belinda is busy growing, harvesting and preserving. I've learned so much from her lovely blog. Drop by and say hello!
  
  
• Charles Dowding - No dig gardening, and organic methods.
  
  
• Dunedin Locavores - The Dunedin Locavores Facebook group is getting active! This season, we've got funding to build top bar beehives and get our own hives going! The group is all about good food, done local.
  
  
• Eat at Dixiebelles - Dixiebelle is rapidly turning her suburban block into a permaculture food forest. Follow her adventures at her excellent blog.
  
  
• Eight Acres - I follow Farmer Liz's adventures over at Eight Acres.
  
  
• For Greenies - A friend of mine from choir pointed me at this one. I wonder why she thought I might be a "greenie" ;-) It's very cool and worth a look.
  
  
• The Greening of Gavin - Gavin is learning all sorts of skills, and sharing his knowledge. Follow his soap-making, beer brewing, and general "greening" at his great blog.
  
  
• Hazelnut nurseries - Information about hazelnuts.
  
  
• Ikea Hackers - Because being sustainable also means using your brains and being cluey with cash.
  
  
• Leanne Veitch - Composer - When I'm not farming, I write music for choirs and small ensembles. If you sing in choir, you might have performed my work.
  
  
• Lifestyle Block New Zealand - useful articles and information about everything from sheep to woodlots.
  
  
• Living the Good Life - Linda and her family are building a straw bale home down in Tasmania, Australia. Hailed as Australia's "greenest family", they're living the good life - with goats!
  
  
• Michael Green - A great environmental blog from Aussie freelance journalist Michael Green.
  
  
• National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand.
  
  
• The Nutritarian - My healthy eating blog. I follow a nutritarian diet, based on sound science and traditional whole foods. Recipes and ideas for eating close to the earth, and on a tight budget.
  
  
• Permies.com - Permaculture forums and information - for goofballs who are nuts about permaculture!
  
  
• Real Simple - How to clean everything! Plus a ton of homekeeping tips.
  
  
• Richsoil.com - A truly brilliant permaculture website, packed with information, a forum, and know-how.
  
  
• Self-sufficient.co.uk - An invaluable online resource, for everything from growing tips to making passata with a tomato glut.
  
  
• Sutherland nursery - Local nursery for organic heritage fruit trees.