In the week before Christmas there were numerous things to do. The chicken tasks had to take a backseat while I caught up on some gardening and The Husband did some food things. But first, a word on that chicken. When we had the nice rainy patch I thought that had dealt with Little Teriyaki … More Catching up, Christmas & a Daft Chicken
I have done something that is great for both the chickens and for me. I have enlisted the chickens onto my compost team. I am in the process of moving the weedpost pile, the pile where I was chucking my weeds and the worms and bugs were decomposing them, into the chicken pen. I didn’t … More In Which The Chickens Get Enlisted
With life back to business as usual at Twiglet Homestead, well aside from those chickens, there has been more garden progress going on. Another stump was removed, the tall one along the paddock side of the house, this time thanks to the efforts of myself and The Husband. A quick investigation to confirm my suspicions … More More Hacking And Slashing
I hereby declare that we are at war. War with the weeds. They started it. Whilst I was lolloping around like a walrus (pregnant) and duty bound to this helpless new creature (The Little Fulla) the weeds got ugly. They infiltrated from the front, the back and the sides: strong, rampant country weeds. The chickens … More Waging War
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