The Dorking hens, Moppet and Mittens have left the homestead. I had been thinking about what to do with them since I couldn’t keep them with the main Australorp flock all the time, due to over-attention from the big roosters. We are limited with space and it wasn’t practical to keep them in their own … More In Which we Say Goodbye to The Dorkings
I said I wasn’t going to grow potatoes this season because I didn’t have the space or inclination , but then I read one of those articles about the most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables and potatoes are one of them… So, I bought just a small bag of Agria seed potatoes; 5 to be precise, … More The Swathe of Spring Seeds & Seedlings
Some weeks ago, The Husband tilled up most of the front yard with a rotary hoe. Since then, it has been my job to get the ground prepared for crop planting. The Little Fulla and I did a big push for this while the weather was cooperating. Spring weather isn’t entirely cooperative. What threw a … More We Dug up The Front Lawn, Part 2
At the moment, the atmosphere on the homestead is LETS DO ALL THE THINGS. Spring is here! It seems like progress is slow, but I remind myself that’s it’s as much about the journey as the destination. There’s been a small child’s birthday to organise and many other social things, there’s been illness to deal … More Let’s do All The Things
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