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A solar passive house is built for energy efficiency and comfort and is designed according to the path of the sun. Have you ever thought of checking which way the house or apartment faces when choosing where to live? Do you take a compass with you when you’re house-hunting? Multi-storey apartment buildings are the norm for North American living, but the Australian dream is still to...
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I am fortunate to work in a number of Perth’s most beautiful gardens, and all are very different. Some are contemporary, some are classical, some are quite simple, some are complex, some are very big, requiring a number of gardeners, whilst some are the size of small rooms, some are very modest in their ambitions, some are statements of considerable importance. But all have two things in...
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We don’t have any ghouls or bats in the Swanbourne business centre. Hope you don’t hae any at home either! It is fun to celebrate special dates. Hallowe’en: This little group of were snapped outside a restaurant on a Blackberry by Johan of Wahl Fashions, London last night. [Note: the style of dress is not indicative of Wahls' range of cutting edge fashion.] Trick or...
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Composting ! How much do you know about it ? Can we put only green waste into our compost heap or dare we add meat and processed foods ? Will cockroaches and rats be a problem ? How long does it take to decompose into a healthy compost, suitablefor adding to the soil ? Take the guesswork out and learn from the experts: Learn how to create excellent compost from your household scraps and...
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Swanbourne HomeWares for colourful & useful homeware gifts. What better gift for your friends and family than happiness and good luck ? Le Coq du Bonheur (The Rooster of Happiness) is ready to take his place on the kitchen shelf and bring happiness and luck to the house. You don’t need to go far to find him and his friends- they are waiting for you at SWANBOURNE HOMEWARES. Why trek into...
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Who could resist this little guy – this baby hedgehog has been on my desktop for a while, and here’s a chance to show him off. Caring for the earth helps keep habitat safe for little creatures like this. Caring for our earth is for all of us share in. But we need a little help sometimes – how to do it – how to enrich our soil, grow organic vegetables, dispose of our...
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