You never know what you’re going to pull out of the vege garden sometimes. The other day, I pulled out a parsnip, with quite some amount of effort. It really outdid itself, this one, reaching 47cm (18.5in) long! But in the same bed, I also pulled out this one, which evidently had an awkward life, and … More A ‘Long’ Harvest
Things are mostly good with the chickens. But, as has been the thing of late, there is good and bad. All the young chickens are well and 14 weeks old (16 weeks for Josephine and Juliette), with no sign of Mareks for the second hatch in a row. Yay! I think I really did start … More How Are The Chickens Doing?
As in, are we at the end of summer yet? Nope. We are just about to begin the ‘hottest’ month. Doh! The first two months of summer, as well as the end of spring, have just been like one big long February of stinkin’ hotness. It’s very hard to get things done outside. It has … More Are we There Yet?
It’s a new year and so it’s time for new plans. Hastily-made New Year’s resolutions don’t mean much to me so I’ve taken a bit more time to think about some ambitious but achievable, productive yet not oppressively specific, tempting-to-go-on-forever but I-gotta-stop-somewhere, goals for Twiglet Homestead for the 2018 year. There is a lot of … More 2018 Homestead Aims and Goals
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