In the face of the pending climate emergency, that it seems we're not going to be able to avoid, I like many others ask what can I do. I've written about personal and household responsibility for emissions reduction many times, which is the main point of this blog, and also by implication, I've been writing about adaptation to a life without fossil fuel products. As well as writing, I also read what others are recommending...
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In my last post I said I would make one more attempt to contact the recommended soil tester. I've done that and there is still no answer or message system or call back so he either runs the sort of business that I don't want to get involved with or something has happened in his life. Either way time to move onto someone else for the soil test. I've done this and left a message...
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The Land Capability Assessment cost a bit over $2,000. Part of this cost was $500 of soil testing that generated 10 pages of reporting. All good so far! Imagine my surprise when I was asked what the soil classification for the site is, and it turns out that the tests don't provide the answer. Apparently soil classifications, for building purposes, arise out of an Australian Standard and need to be reported as one of the...
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