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Lettuce for the Apocalypse

by geoff
8 August, 202219 March, 2023

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Doomscrolling is depressing but wilful ignorance i

Doomscrolling is depressing but wilful ignorance is dangerous. Individual action seems pointless: so where does a weary climate warrior turn?
Your Life Your Planet has Reality Checks that get to the nitty gritty quickly

From Grass to Garden with no fuss? #YourLifeYourPl

From Grass to Garden with no fuss? #YourLifeYourPlanet shows you how. Includes a method for sloping blocks. #ylyp #nodiggarden #grassclippings #LoganPalms #communitygarden

Turkeys trash gardens to build their nesting mound

Turkeys trash gardens to build their nesting mounds. They stop the cockroach infestations typical of subtropical cities though. There are ways to live together.

#loganpalmscommunitygardens #communitygarden #urbanfood #ylyp #YourLifeYourPlanet

The magic of #compost. Take your kitchen scraps, #

The magic of #compost. Take your kitchen scraps, #grassclippings and weeds and turn them into soil. Healthy #soil grows healthy plants producing healthy food to build healthy humans.

Get composting. #ylyp #yourlifeyourplanet #communitygarden #loganpalmscommunitygardens

There is too much of one thing at harvest time, so

There is too much of one thing at harvest time, so it pays to preserve it. This week Geoff, outlines the basics of #preserves for #YourLifeYourPlanet #ylyp and #ecoradio. #communitygardens #LogaPalmsCommunityGarden

It's harvest time. Make sure it's you that gets th

It's harvest time. Make sure it's you that gets the fruit of your labour, rather than the rot, rats or other furry and flying things. Pick early and pick often. Protect your crop, and don't leave old fruit on the plant or the ground.

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Lessons from a #heatwave: don't lose your #seedlin

Lessons from a #heatwave: don't lose your #seedlings, build #resilience. #communitygarden #ylyp #yourlifeyourplanet #neopeasant

The striking amaranth flower has a bag placed over

The striking amaranth flower has a bag placed over its head to prevent it spilling its seed upon the ground. Mark 4:26
This year I am collecting the seeds from the amaranth by bagging the flowers before the seeds are shed. #amaranth #ylyp #yourlifeyourplanet #communitygarden #urbanfood #seedswao #seedsavers

A winter treasure in my courtyard pot garden

A winter treasure in my courtyard pot garden

Make and Taste is an initiative of Your Life Your

Make and Taste is an initiative of Your Life Your Planet where one person a week shares food that they make regularly with their work colleagues or neighbours and shows them how to make it.

Check it on our YouTube channel

#ylyp #yourlifeyourplanet #hubofproduction #resilience #mutualaid #degrowth

A year six student gently picks a native raspberry

A year six student gently picks a native raspberry in the indigenous garden at Kelvin Grove State College. Listen to @4zzzecoradio this week or read more about the visit by #YourLifeYourPlanet to the garden and the urban farm at #ylyp HQ

Tip 18 of #YourLifeYourPlanet - Hire a Human got a

Tip 18 of #YourLifeYourPlanet - Hire a Human got a mention in an article about the history of the Internet by author Geoff Ebbs on his blog yesterday - geoffebbs dot com #ylyp #hireahuman #rideshare

A week ago I was harvesting my turmeric. Now it is

A week ago I was harvesting my turmeric. Now it is processing time. Follow the process of peeling, slicing and drying at the website (in the bio)
#ylyp #YourLifeYourPlanet #turmeric #backyardspices

Geoff and Mindy at the #YourLifeYourPlanet stand a

Geoff and Mindy at the #YourLifeYourPlanet stand at #LEAFevent in Logan today.

Get more at the #ylyp website, in the bio.

Geoff will be at #LEAFevent signing copies of his

Geoff will be at #LEAFevent signing copies of his book #YourLifeYourPlanet, launching his sustainable food directory and helping would be eco-warriors shine a spotlight on their natural brilliance. There is a range of Geoff's books at $20 each, the directory and the spotlight are FREE! #ylyp @leafevent_

My tuber harvest from my tiny townhouse pot garden

My tuber harvest from my tiny townhouse pot garden

@australiangeographic currently has the 2nd #ylyp

@australiangeographic currently has the 2nd #ylyp #ecographic outlining domestic energy and emissions. It summarises 25 tips from #YourLifeYourPlanet to help you decide what to do first.

A #ylyp follower reminded us about the importance

A #ylyp follower reminded us about the importance of gardening. We published the comments on the website

The first EcoGraphic for Australian Geographic has

The first EcoGraphic for Australian Geographic has hit the press. In major bookstores, now.

#YourLifeYourPlanet offers 101 tips for living lig

#YourLifeYourPlanet offers 101 tips for living lightly on your planet, with detailed sources justifying every claim. It focuses on #carbonemissions (as well as water, foodwaste and plastic) because they are urgent policy issues but its central message is that we need to stop going out and consuming. We need to turn our homes into a #hubofproduction.
This great graphic by @jankonietzko (who invented the #CircularityDeck ) puts it into perspective #ylyp #circulareconomy

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