North East Home and Garden Spring 2017

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Originally a billiard room, the newly renovated shell has been peeled back and revitalised with an earthy and rustic voice.

Lindy said that 7th Pocket specialises in representing Australian designers and artisans, each with a unique story to tell.

She said the business is a lifestyle boutique, offering a diverse selection of artisan homewares, unisex apparel, accessories, skincare and more, to cater for a wide and eclectic audience. “The 7th Pocket family exercises a great amount of consideration and a strong attention to detail when selecting

artisans and designers to represent in their Yackandandah store,� Lindy said. “These selections maintain a strong sense of originality, quality and character. “7th Pocket fosters a celebration of ethically designed Australian products. “Their signature style is earthy, diverse, timeless with a touch of luxe.�

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Helen’s spacious A VARIETY of native plants, with an array of sizes, textures and colours, dominate the garden of South Wangaratta resident Helen Wrigley, who has lived on her five acre property for around 20 years.

A member of the Wangaratta chapter of the Australian Plant Society, she loves to nurture the diverse array of plants in her garden.

It is part of her regular routine to get out in the garden, and she said the main attractions of the pastime include the opportunity for exercise it provides her, as well as the chance to work with a variety of different plants.

Among the focal points of the garden are several towering white gums that grow at the front of her property, which make for an imposing eucalypt canopy.

The garden is home to several diverse types of gum tree, including different categories of melaleuca which fulfil such different roles as windbreaks and shrubbery, as well as other varieties such as lemon scented gum.

Many species of grevillea and wattle also thrive in the garden.

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Y A W GETA Scarlet | A variety of grevillea known as Cherry Cluster.

Bush Setting | South Wangaratta woman Helen Wrigley in her garden, which is dominated by hardy Australian native plants and trees, including several white gums such as the one in the background. PHOTOS: Kylie Wilson exotic plants altogether – several varieties, including camellias and shrub roses, are planted in close proximity to the house, and bulb varieties are also present in the garden.

Living in a rural setting, Helen said frugal use of water was essential, adding that she waters

only when necessary, using drip irrigation, and the lawn does not get watered at all.

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THE right scent is one of those elements that can help enhance the relaxing ambience of your home, especially at this time of year, with spring cleaning in full swing.

From lighting candles in the evenings to having beautifully scented linen and soft furnishings, or taking time for yourself with fragrant and therapeutic beauty products, there are many ways to feel truly at home.

Allison Wooldrage from Pure Indulgence Aromatherapy has a range of indulgent products available to suit your needs.

After many years of selling at markets throughout the region, she now also has a shopfront and workshop space (where she manufactures products onsite) at Shop 2, 1594 Snow Road Milawa, which has been open for just over a month.

She first got involved with making candles after she couldn’t find the right candles for her home that burned cleanly and used natural ingredients and essential oils.

Using soy wax, cotton wicks and essential oils, she began making her own candles, and said the result was a beautifully clean fragrant candle.

Allison said she creates and mixes all of the essential oil blends herself, giving each

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The business also sells items wholesale to a number of other shops across the region and beyond.

Pure Indulgence Aromatherapy products can still regularly be found at markets around the region, including the upcoming Oxley Bush Market and Jazz Festival market, and the Violet Town Market.

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get in early with your tomatoes, capsicum, cucumber and zucchini.

ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S starting to feel a bit like spring â&#x20AC;&#x201C; finally.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a good time to feed your garden; Now is a great time to get planting as there many plants (especially fruit trees) will be is still a reasonable amount of moisture in the looking for fertiliser. soil, and the longer, warmer days will have Look for a good blood and bone based plants kicking off and putting on new growth. fertiliser with potash and trace elements.

Improve your soil by adding well rotted cow If you have native plants, use product with manure or compost â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is the fastest and low phosphorus such as Osmocote for natives. easiest way to improve any soil.

Fertilise now and again at Christmas time.

It will improve drainage in heavy soils and As many plants are putting on lush, new aid moisture retention in sandy soils. growth, sap sucking insects such as aphids Once you have planted, mulch the garden well are having a field day. with pea straw, pine bark, or hardwood mulch.

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You may need to do this again in a fortnight Pea straw is a particularly good mulch for to kill the next generation and hopefully stop vegetable gardens as it adds nitrogen to the soil the breeding cycle. and helps to improve the soil structure as well.

There are some beautiful plants flowering We ask a lot from our vegie gardens at the moment - leucodendrons, native wax they are always growing something, so to flowers and grevilleas, paper daisies, mint keep them performing well itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to bush, and native hibiscus, just to name a few. regularly improve the soil.

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The range also includes tree stakes, bag products like potting mix, gypsum and fertilisers, and garden tools.

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FROM dressing up your pot plants to storing craft supplies, pens and pencils or children’s toys, the uses for this eye catching fabric bucket are limited only by your imagination.

If you can get the ratios right, or search for other patterns or templates on the internet, you can make this bucket in bigger or smaller sizes. This project came out the right size to fit a small pot plant inside.

Method:

1. Iron the interfacing to the non printed side of your outer fabric rectangle and circle. Sew together short sides of the rectangle to make a tube and then pin the circle to the bottom of the tub as shown.

Carefully sew the circle to the base of the tube.

2. Turn the outer fabric bucket right side out (see picture) and repeat step one with your inner fabric pieces, minus the interfacing.

3. Place the outer fabric bucket inside the bucket you have made of the inner fabric, so both printed sides are touching, as shown, pin the top together and sew, leaving gap of about four inches.

4. Using the gap, turn your bucket right side out so that it looks like this image. Pin the gap closed and topstitch along the top edge of the bucket using machine or hand stitching, whichever is your preference (I used hand stitching this time).

Materials : > 2 rectan gu the outer, lar pieces of fabric 19½ incheone for the lining), (one for me s by 10½ in ches each asuring > 2 fabric c diameter ircles with a six an fabrics ascut from the same d half inch two above > One pie ce inches by of interfacing cut cut into a 10 inches, and an to 19 oth circle with > Sewing a six inch er piece diameter machine

5. Fold over the top of the bucket to show off your contrasting fabric, and you’re done.

Finished project

Tips: >This is a great project for using up scrap fabric. > If you want to, you can decorate the edge of the folded over fabric with embellishments such as a pom pom garland or ricrac. > If your fabric is thicker and more durable, you may choose to skip the interfacing. > If your lining fabric goes in a certain direction, such as this fox fabric, sew it upside down so that it appears right side up when you fold it. > You can use fabric scissors or pinking shears to cut out your fabric, or you can use a rotary cutter (this is especially handy for the circular piece).

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Milk pudding 2 litres milk 80gm caster sugar 100gm cornflour 2 cinnamon sticks Rose jelly 30gm powdered gelatine 80gm caster sugar, extra 100ml boiling water 800ml water, extra 5ml rosewater A few drops pink food colouring Salad 350gm finely chopped watermelon, chilled 250gm finely chopped strawberries 1/4 cup finely shredded mint Finely chopped pistachios, for sprinkling

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Rose jelly Combine gelatine and sugar, add boiling water and stir until gelatine is completely dissolved, microwaving if necessary.

Combine extra water and rosewater in a large bowl and stir in gelatine mixture.

Stir in a few drops of pink food colouring, until pale pink in colour.

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MELBOURNE researchers working on how to incorporate waste glass into pre-fabricated concrete structures say they’re creating a product that is light, strong and cheaper than current construction methods.

Funded by Sustainability Victoria and the Australian Packaging Covenant, University of Melbourne researchers say finely ground recycled glass in concrete is a viable replacement for sand and existing supplementary material like fly ash and ground-down slag from blast furnaces.

Project manager for the university’s recycled glass R&D project, Associate Professor Tuan Ngo, said using sustainable and cost-effective materials taken from the waste stream was viable.

“The next generation of prefabricated structures can benefit from Australia’s eco-friendly, prefabricated housing research which is striving to deliver breakthrough products to enable our housing industry to compete on a global stage.”

Sustainability Victoria’s acting CEO, Carl Muller, said funding research programs helped recover resources and find new uses for materials once considered ‘waste’.

“This work can create jobs and, most

importantly, ensure the community has confidence that recovered materials have a future use,” Mr Muller said.

Researcher Dr Ali Kashani says glass used in concrete can be ground down to particles of similar size to cement and fly ash, with the finest grades delivering the greatest strength and durability.

“In the short term, we are confident that adding glass to concrete will allow us to build strong, light and durable non-load bearing walls with a reasonably high portion of recycled glass.

“Our work has shown it has excellent sound, thermal insulation and fire-resistant characteristics.

“We are looking forward to working with the cement and concrete industries and building standard regulators to prove the viability of using these products in traditional concrete structures.”

Damien Crough, founding director and board chair of PrefabAus, Australia’s peak body for the off-site construction industry, said upgrading building standards to allow glass in concrete would open doors.

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Building a home, or undertaking a renovation will likely be one of the biggest investments a home owner will ever make.

To protect themselves from rogue practitioners, the VBA urges home owners to do their research and develop good communication lines with their builder or plumber.

VBA acting chief executive officer Murray Smith said it was also important to understand the role of the building surveyor and the VBA before starting the construction process.

“It is only through your relationship with your builder, building surveyor and plumber that you will fully understand how your project is going,” Mr Smith said.

“Seek regular updates, take photographs and ensure any variations to plans are agreed in writing by you and the practitioner.”

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3) They ask for too much money up front or at each set payment stage. By

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