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Comment on First honey extraction by Di

Di — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:38:35 +0000

Well done! Nothing is metaphorically sweeter than your own home grown honey, and it’s fun working out the different tastes as the year progresses and new extractions and what food sources have been around for the bees. Awesome Ben can participate – how cool is it that they make children’s suits. Enjoy………yum

Comment on About by compostcorner

compostcorner — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:18:36 +0000

Hi Cooper, great to hear about your adventures and lovely connection with the local community around your farm! Gardening (and all its related activity) is contagious!

Comment on About by cooper

cooper — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:16:40 +0000

hello
I was very happy to find your website via twitter. After a quick read I am looking forward to reading in more detail.
I am currently working in Sydney but also live in Fukuoka Japan with my wife & 3 boys.
In Fukuoka we live in the suburbs but also have a small farm　（畑） about 15 minutes bike ride from our house. I grow herbs and vegetables and imported a wood fired pizza oven which I set-up near the raised garden beds for continental herbs.
Our land was once rice fields however the trees that now grow down one end of the land restricts sunlight to mature the rice and the land was unused for the past 20 years.
I started to grow herbs 3 years ago to the curiosity of the locals, now many of the locals who pass-by join us on weekend to make pizza using the fresh herbs. It has become a community oven for baking bread and children’s parties. Because we grow far more than we can eat, the locals have free fresh salads everyday during spring & summer. We even have an espresso machine & food smoker there.
All the things you are doing with your plot, I also would like to achieve.

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Comment on Car Diet – Update by Ron Shook

Ron Shook — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:01:46 +0000

Dave, My guess is that you would be a lot happier on the Vermont hills with a 350-500 watt more American sized motor of the geared rather than direct drive variety running at 48 volts. Direct drive is faster, geared has more torque for the hills. You’ll lead more folks if you keep the work down a bit and don’t slow to a crawl up steep hills. (grin)

Comment on Car Diet – Update by compostcorner

compostcorner — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:40:56 +0000

Hi Dave, nice to hear from you. Yes we are very happy with the 200W front hub motor. Until very recently this was the maximum power allowed in Australia (which is low by international standards). In the last couple of months the power limit has increased to 250W, but only in “pedelec” mode with a torque sensor instead of a throttle.

We find that 200W is enough for us though. The main benefit from higher power would be higher speed. We can cruise close to 28km/h which is enough for us. We like the simplicity and low maintenance characteristics of the front hub motor too, compared to a mid drive.

We don’t have big hills near us (we live on Adelaide’s coastal plains), but I have taken our Mundo up the steepest hill I could find. It wasn’t heavily loaded, and coped OK. With a passenger it would have been harder work.

Overall we’re really happy with our electric Yuba Mundo. So much so that we now sell them! We get a lot of interest whenever we ride it, and gradually more and more are appearing on the streets of Adelaide.

Andrew

Comment on Car Diet – Update by BoldDavey

BoldDavey — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:58:20 +0000

Hi, My name is Dave and I live in Vermont in the good ol’ USA. I was wondering how your little 200 watt motor was working for you and do you go up any hills. Any big hills with kids and cargo? We are trying to lead our town into a cargo/family bike revolution. Back in the mid-90′s I started Pedal Express, a human-powered cargo delivery service in Berkeley, California. We already have a Long John style bike, but we’re ordering a Mundo real soon to demonstrate how to get your family around without denying your child’s future on this planet.

Hope the Mundo is still serving you well.

Comment on Filling the cavities by Di

Di — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:48:27 +0000

that’s a good call – i wanted to do that but wall construction prohibited it…..new cladding over the top of the old external walls and lining the internal walls with bookcases loaded with books has done the trick. would have preferred your method! enjoy your more
stable temps all year round.

Comment on Life beyond Pizza by compostcorner

compostcorner — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:17:29 +0000

Thanks Cait! That’s around Mum’s neck of the woods so I’ll let her know.

Comment on Life beyond Pizza by cait

cait — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:09:43 +0000

If you want quinces, they grow in absolute abundance wild in a gully in Golden Grove. We picked heaps weeks ago and mum made quince jam. Its good stuff, next year I’ll need to give these poached ones a go!

Comment on Eggs are always in season by Di

Di — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:26:31 +0000

Just a pinch, Nadja(?), and adjust to your own palates over time as you make them – oh yes! Woopsadaisy, I see i forgot to mention cayene!