Today I took our Rhode Island Red rooster (Rose) back to the breeder, and swapped her for two new little chickens — this time, hopefully both hens! As soon as I arrived, Rose was welcomed back into the flock by three curious free-ranging ducks. Awwww. I may have been feeling a little sentimental, as I’veContinue reading “New chicks on the block”
Category Archives: Garden
Thinking outside the (compost) box
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to show you how much food scrap waste is generated by a small pre-school in one day: That’s a 5 Litre container, and it is almost full! This is mainly fruit peel from morning tea time, but there is also leftover fruit, and quite a bit of lunch scraps (mainlyContinue reading “Thinking outside the (compost) box”
Rotating some crops
With my youngest daughter in preschool today — for the first time ever! — I found myself with a bunch of quiet time at home. It’s amazing what garden sounds you can suddenly hear when there is total peace and quiet in the house! I wandered through the garden taking some photographs and doing aContinue reading “Rotating some crops”
Rooster, or Hen?
We’ve been waiting for a couple of months now to determine whether the Rhode Island Red chicken we bought at the end of January is, in fact, a hen. She was sold to us as a hen, but we always wondered. Last weekend he heard a distinctively different sound from the chicken coop and wonderedContinue reading “Rooster, or Hen?”
Autumn garden gallery
It has been very wet here over the weekend, with a last hurrah for summer. I think we may have received much of our rainfall for all three months in that last weekend! Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it was wet, wet, wet. And cold! I feel like Autumn snuck in aContinue reading “Autumn garden gallery”
Morning walk in the garden
Walking through the garden yesterday morning, there are a lot of new crops coming along, and a couple of problems to deal with: We shall have to do something about the citrus: the Orange tree needs immediate attention, I think. Then there is also this guy: This goanna sometimes visits our chicken coop looking forContinue reading “Morning walk in the garden”
Collecting Broccoli Seeds
This year we have intentionally allowed our broccoli to go to seed. This will hopefully mean the next crop of broccoli that we sow will be from our very own seeds! In the photo above you can see what happens if you leave some of the broccoli heads on the plant. We have already harvestedContinue reading “Collecting Broccoli Seeds”
Flowers and seeds and foliage, oh my!
Summer time in our garden is always full of life! There are some flowers, and a lot of seeds forming at the moment. Here is a photo selection of interesting things happening this week. 🙂
Garden wanderings
Come tour our garden with me! These are a few random snapshots of life in our late summer garden.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit
Okay, so they won’t really grow beanstalks that reach up into the sky and lead to a cornucopia of golden egg laying geese, will they? I think beans are magical, though, because of the sheer distracting power they have over children. Ha, bet you didn’t think I was going to say that! Kids fighting in theContinue reading “Beans, beans, the magical fruit”
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