guides · 11 September 2026
Guides with nothing attached
Short pages about doing the thing, not buying the thing. They are the skills half of this site; the numbers half lives in the calculators.
the guides
Everything we have written
- 1.The day after a stormWater, power, and the three lines to write down, in that order.
- 2.Water storage basicsHow much to keep, what to keep it in, and what to rotate.
- 3.Rainwater harvesting basicsCatchment, overflow and the local rules to check before buying a barrel.
- 4.A herb garden when space is tightWhat actually grows on a balcony, and in what order to plant it.
- 5.First-time foraging rulesRule things out before you eat anything. The habits that matter more than any plant list.
what is coming
What we are writing next
Chapter 03, water and home, is nine parts, and all nine are published. It starts with how many gallons a household needs and ends with how many are already in the building.
After that, chapter 01 opens the low-cost garden: beds from scrap, what a bed actually saves, and seeds priced by the packet.
the dispatch
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