SCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglSCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglFocussed coverage on gardening, particularly fruit and vegetables, in an urban environment by a novice, but committed, gardening family. With an impending move we are working within the constraints of pots and tubs for mobility. Plant choice and tech 
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Drip Spikes
2008-02-15 10:29:00 Well before the move I was given about 12 drip spikes to trial in the garden. As luck would have it it then rained for a week, and then I had all the technology failures below to deal with. Anyway yesterday I finally deployed the spikes using some of the collected rain water. The ... More About: Gardening , Drip
A New Host
2008-02-12 07:02:00 Over the last week my former host has basically driven the majority of their clients away due to a whole service failure. My sites were, and some still are, affected. As a result my sites are on the move. SCHWOIT was the first restored and socko’s spot will be second. The ... More About: Host
A New Host
2008-02-12 07:02:00 Over the last week my former host has basically driven the majority of their clients away due to a whole service failure. My sites were, and some still are, affected. As a result my sites are on the move. SCHWOIT was the first restored and socko’s spot will be second. The ... More About: Host
Foxtel - Another Bunch Of Fools
2008-02-11 04:54:00 During our move we cancelled Foxtel. At the time we were informed that a courier would be sent to our new address to collect the equipment. However, they failed to attend. A call back was placed and a new courier was to be sent. However, today I received a letter basically demanding the decoder and ...
Foxtel - Another Bunch Of Fools
2008-02-11 04:54:00 During our move we cancelled Foxtel. At the time we were informed that a courier would be sent to our new address to collect the equipment. However, they failed to attend. A call back was placed and a new courier was to be sent. However, today I received a letter basically demanding the decoder and ...
Dramas With My Web Host
2008-02-11 03:44:00 Well many of you will have seen that my site was AWOL across the weekend. This was due to a major screw up at my web host that saw all its clients off line. As such I am now looking for a new web host. I apologise to all my regular readers and will be ... More About: Host , Dramas
Dramas With My Web Host
2008-02-11 03:44:00 Well many of you will have seen that my site was AWOL across the weekend. This was due to a major screw up at my web host that saw all its clients off line. As such I am now looking for a new web host. I apologise to all my regular readers and will be ... More About: Host , Dramas
I Am Back Online ? Finally
2008-02-10 03:00:00 Well after a very frustrating week since the move I am back on line. Basically my ISP screwed the pooch and it took them a full week to resolve their screw up. The situation came about from me having a second ADSL account opened up for the new premises. Once I relocated on the Thursday ... More About: Geek , Online , Back , Finally
I Am Back Online ? Finally
2008-02-10 03:00:00 Well after a very frustrating week since the move I am back on line. Basically my ISP screwed the pooch and it took them a full week to resolve their screw up. The situation came about from me having a second ADSL account opened up for the new premises. Once I relocated on the Thursday ... More About: Geek , Online , Back , Finally
My Entrecard Strategy
2008-01-27 20:30:00 Given the recent discussions around the validity of the Entrecard traffic I thought I would share my thoughts on the matter, and going beyond that, the strategies I have employed to make Entrecard work for my humble little gardening site. Basically, I am seeing large numbers of traffic coming via Entrecard and a number ... More About: Strategy , Geek
My Entrecard Strategy
2008-01-27 20:30:00 Given the recent discussions around the validity of the Entrecard traffic I thought I would share my thoughts on the matter, and going beyond that, the strategies I have employed to make Entrecard work for my humble little gardening site. Basically, I am seeing large numbers of traffic coming via Entrecard and a number ... More About: Strategy , Geek
Moving and Entrecard
2008-01-27 01:32:00 Well we are into our third day moving and I am feeling it. My legs are slowly turning to jelly and I am sore all over. I still have another 2 days of this in mass move mode. Then probably a week running the small stuff down to the coast and cleaning ... More About: Moving , Geek
Moving and Entrecard
2008-01-27 01:32:00 Well we are into our third day moving and I am feeling it. My legs are slowly turning to jelly and I am sore all over. I still have another 2 days of this in mass move mode. Then probably a week running the small stuff down to the coast and cleaning ... More About: Moving , Geek
Change All Around
2008-01-24 13:54:00 Well all of you will have seen my A Change Is As Good As A Holiday post around our moving from Sydney to Wollongong. Today that started in a big way with us taking possession of the keys. We have also dropped of a load of our belongings. After seeing the house ... More About: General , Geek
Change All Around
2008-01-24 13:54:00 Well all of you will have seen my A Change Is As Good As A Holiday post around our moving from Sydney to Wollongong. Today that started in a big way with us taking possession of the keys. We have also dropped of a load of our belongings. After seeing the house ... More About: General , Geek
Up All Night ? The Strange Things You Consider
2008-01-22 18:14:00 Well I have been up all night due to managing a work issue. I will be heading into the orrifice a little later to swap some hardware, however will be home and to bed very soon there after. As a result I doubt I will be blogging today, atleast not about anything too ... More About: Night , Strange , Things
Up All Night ? The Strange Things You Consider
2008-01-22 18:14:00 Well I have been up all night due to managing a work issue. I will be heading into the orrifice a little later to swap some hardware, however will be home and to bed very soon there after. As a result I doubt I will be blogging today, atleast not about anything too ... More About: Night , Strange , Things
Theres Not Enough Holes in the Bucket, Dear Henry, Dear Henry
2008-01-22 13:36:00 I am not going to bore you with a song for children, nor will I throw in the odd “Dear Liza” or “Dear Henry ”, but I will tell you about the impending disaster in the garden. As I have mentioned in recent posts it has been rather wet in Sydney. The garden initially ... More About: Gardening , Holes , Herb
Theres Not Enough Holes in the Bucket, Dear Henry, Dear Henry
2008-01-22 13:36:00 I am not going to bore you with a song for children, nor will I throw in the odd “Dear Liza” or “Dear Henry ”, but I will tell you about the impending disaster in the garden. As I have mentioned in recent posts it has been rather wet in Sydney. The garden initially ... More About: Gardening , Holes , Herb
A Good Solid Start
2008-01-21 14:10:00 Today I finally braved the scales to weigh myself after the first week of the Go Smell the Flowers Weight Loss contest that has kick started my road to a healthier weight. I was expecting some loss, although I am sure I have gained some muscle mass. However, significant lifestyle changes have been ... More About: Start , Good , Solid
A Good Solid Start
2008-01-21 14:10:00 Today I finally braved the scales to weigh myself after the first week of the Go Smell the Flowers Weight Loss contest that has kick started my road to a healthier weight. I was expecting some loss, although I am sure I have gained some muscle mass. However, significant lifestyle changes have been ... More About: Start , Good , Solid
Another Attempt
2008-01-20 12:06:00 Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Another Attempt
2008-01-20 12:06:00 Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Preparing for the Move
2008-01-19 11:24:00 This week and weekend has been very wet in Sydney. It is basically miserable and is preventing me from doing a number of things, including gardening. As a result there has been a devout lack of gardening posts on the site of late. Today is no different in terms of the weather ... More About: Gardening , Move , Herb
Preparing for the Move
2008-01-19 11:24:00 This week and weekend has been very wet in Sydney. It is basically miserable and is preventing me from doing a number of things, including gardening. As a result there has been a devout lack of gardening posts on the site of late. Today is no different in terms of the weather ... More About: Gardening , Move , Herb , Prep
I Won An Award
2008-01-18 08:30:00 Commenting on others blogs is a good way to participate in the blogosphere. Most of the time you get some return traffic from an often thankful fellow blogger. Recently though I participated in a discussion at Space of Reality around whether or not there is a valid reason for white lies. Today I was ... More About: Geek , Award
How I Managed To Get Traffic
2008-01-18 00:30:00 Recently my little blog that was incredibly poorly trafficked and lurked in the mid 5 millions for internet reach in Alexa has made a large jump through the charts. At the time of writing this post it was at 496, 274 and improving steadily as shown by the graph available here. Now without ... More About: Traffic , Geek
A Change is as Good as a Holiday
2008-01-17 13:34:00 Today we got the news that our application to move to the Illawarra has been accepted. It is in a relatively new suburb called Flinders and is very close to Shell Cove. Being a new area the house is exceptionally new and has very few, if any flaws. Personally I am yet ... More About: Holiday , Change , Good
Favourite 5 Meme
2008-01-16 13:33:00 Jayne from Our Great Southern Land has tagged me with a meme. Now I will first say I generally do not participate in these things, but that is probably because I have never had one thrown at me. So I shall give this a go. This meme?s rules are; 1. Post ... More About: Meme
Wollongong Here We Come
More articles from this author:2008-01-14 15:08:00 Today marks the day that we have finally looked for accommodation in Wollongong. We have decided to make the move to Wollongong for a number of reasons. Primarily we are looking for a bigger house, but at an affordable price. Thus moving to another part of Sydney was not going to cut it. ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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