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
I’m proposing a name change to The Oxalis Bed. Well, one of them. I have been fighting with this Oxalis Bed for almost a year and I feel like I’m starting to win. Maybe. When we moved in it was full of overgrown, grassy weeds, thistles, old roses and weedmat. After a grand effort clearing everything … More The Oxalis Bed War
