We set the chickens free. I opened the gate, herded them out of the pen and they are slowly getting used to wandering around the garden. Why? Because they are our little workers, specifically, our weeders right now. There are too many weeds around the garden for me to keep on top of, especially after … More In Which The Chickens Get Set Free
It’s a slippery slope once you start building projects. Now that I’ve started up again, with the potting shed organisation, I’ve got the building bug! There are a few building projects that need to be done, but I’m still juggling a lot of things at the moment, so I am trying to contain myself. One … More Ok, I May Have The Building Bug Now
It turns out I was a little slow to get the Seed Giveaway up, as everyone was suddenly focused on preparations for four weeks of lockdown with only two days’ warning. I will hold on to the seeds for now and either re-do the giveaway at the end of this or throw the seeds over … More Well, Now There’s Plenty of Time For Homesteading Things
Things are still alive and kicking with the current chicken hatching, despite the set-backs and mysteries that surround it. When I left off last time, we’d had four chicks hatch from the first batch and were left with only three viable eggs from the second two batches that broody Paris had stopped sitting on after … More A Quick Hatch Catch-up
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