SHEDWARS21: Terry King’s Allotment on a Budget Channel

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Gerowyn

Terry’s SHEDWARS21 Playlist

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SHEDWARS21: Wild Edibles Channel

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Gerowyn

Wild Edibles Playlist

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Pray for Rain in Lockyer Valley

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Gerowyn

Lack of Rain in the Lockyer Valley

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How to treat a snake bite in Australia

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Gerowyn

A friend of mine Steve from Sweenies Creek Farm who is a snake catcher has made a video on How to treat a snake bite in Australia

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SHEDWARS21: Gladiator Challenge – Wild Edibles

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Gerowyn

Lynne & Wayne for Homestead Aus the Team Captains of Team Southern Cross issued a Gladiator Challenge to the Southern Hemisphere SHEDWARS21 teams

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SHEDWARS21: Gladiators Challenge – 3 Channel Grow Off

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Gerowyn

The Challenge

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Homemade Goats Milk Cottage Cheese in the Thermomix TM5

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Gerowyn

Homemade Goats Milk Cottage Cheese in the Thermomix TM5

Check out the boys taste testing at the end of the video.

Making Cheese is a great Science Activity as it shows what happens when you add vinegar (acid) to a base (milk) and you get a chemical reaction and the curds and whey seperate.

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How to safely add fingerlings to an Aquaponics System

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Gerowyn
  1. Open the box slightly to let a small amount of light in
  2. Open the box fully and allow the fish adjust to the full light
  3. Opening the bag and releasing them into the box and putting an air stone into the box
  4. Step 4 adding a jug of water from the Aquaponics to the boxes with the fish… we will repeat this step every few minutes until the box is full.
  5. Catching some fish to trial in the Aquaponics
  6. Catching & Releasing the Jade Perch into the Aquaponics System
  7. After 24 hours time is when the fish will get their first feed
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SHEDWARS21: Monitoring How Much I Produce

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Gerowyn

Many people in SHEDWARS21 will just track what they grow in a notebook using a pen or pencil and that is great.

I use a spreadsheet that I can open up on my phone or a computer that I track my daily totals and my spreadsheet tracks how much in total I have grown as well as how muvh I have grown by month and by what the produce is ie how much milk or eggs or cucumbers etc.

I have done a video that goes through how my Spreadsheet below.

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Aquaponics we got our new water test kit

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Gerowyn

We have just gotten our new Freshwater Master Water Test Kit link below if you need to get one but Check out our video comparing the new and old kit as I teach Matthew how to test the water in the Aquaponics.

Cvlick above to check out the new kit.

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