Waste Is My Resource

16/10/2026

I spent an uplifting day at the Garden of Hope in Martin, showing a group of people how to build a Johnson Su Bioreactor compost system, from an IBC and waste inputs. Thanks to Perth NRM and Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group for inviting me and thanks to Shane Hunter and Chris Brown for for all your support and help today.

13/09/2026

A day to separate worm castings ready for a WasteSorted Schools Program teacher workshop on Tuesday. Immediately my chooks come to investigate but I have foiled them for now with some pet panels! I didnt plan on Leafy taking on guard duty. Thankyou puss.

08/08/2026

Lessen your kitchen waste. Buy a reusable/non aerosol sprayer and fill with oil to use in frypans or baking dishes ( instead of using spray on oil)

06/08/2026

For my friends and others in Perth FOGO bin areas there have been changes made to what is allowed in your food and organics bin as from 1/7/26.
* NO DOG POO ALLOWED
* NO CONTAMINATED PIZZA BOXES
Remember, dog poo is easy to compost in a worm tube, just keep it away from veges as the pathogens take up to 6 months to break down but dog poo is a valuable food source for your microbes. Just throw in a bit of food waste to attract the microbes and keep thecsoil around and in the wirm tube moist to help the microbes movecaround and digest the organic matter.

25/07/2026

Can you swap or have you already swapped some of these plastic items?

Which plastic swap will you try this week? ♻️

👍 Reusable coffee cup
❤️ Refillable water bottle
😮 Lunch containers
😂 No plastic cutlery
👇 Vote by reacting or comment your answer below!

25/07/2026

Another great sustainability activity with Switch Your Thinking . Today I was demonstrating how easy and inexpensive it is to ditch single use plastic and make beeswax foodwraps with the Town of Victoria Park .( and also lip balms). It was wonderful to see a family with 3 generations participating.

23/07/2026

Winter in my garden. Lettuces do so well in winter! Dont forget to pack your plants in. They look after each other above and below the ground, in conjunction with the microbes. I have 3 types of lettuce, parsley, red mustard a broccolli, a cabbage, strawberries, 2 x pineapples and spring onions in this bath tub. The bird netting is to keep my hens and guinea fowl out! They are free to graze all around to look for bugs.

21/07/2026

Another plastic reduction. This juice I bought today in Byford is a 10c returnable container with the Containers for Change program but the added advantage of a valuable 99% recycable alfoil lid, not the low quality plastic lids that are problematic to recycle and reuse. (JUST REMEMBER TO SAVE ENOUGH TO ROLL INTO A TENNIS BALL SHAPE BEFOTE PLACING IN THE YELLOW TOPPED KERBSIDE RECYCLING BIN). Although, in WA, glass is not washed and reused it is crushed and used in roadbase construction. Maybe one day we will see that change but probably not for a long time because of the cosys associated in a relatively low population/large land mass.