Since harvesting and preserving slowed down, we seem to have entered the building season. We’ve got the build bug at the moment. And that is exciting. We built the compost bins in the Orchard Pen, which you can read about here. Then we began other things. Plant Alcove The first plant table for my nursery … More It Seems to be The Building Time of Year
It is now officially winter, being June and all. We have had some cold, crazy, stormy weather and a couple of cold but cracker sunshine days. These days are beautiful and to be made the most of, for who knows if the next day will bring rain or dismal fog that lasts all day? There … More Winter is Nigh
The Little Fulla and I have been working on The Worksite: the site of the compost bin build in the Orchard chicken pen. I wanted two low wooden compost bins in the Orchard Pen to help accommodate all our compost-making and greenwaste-processing needs. The compost bin in the other pen, the Cedar Pen, was piled … More The Compost Worksite
We are awaiting feather babies. Frodo took a little longer than usual to go full broody, but she is now sitting on eggs. I set up the Corner Coop for her and tested her out with three of Paris’ eggs from the first incubator batch. It seems I moved her a little early as she … More Awaiting Babies
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