~ What We Are Growing, Breeding, Cooking, Crafting At Our Place ~
Posted in Goats, Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Jul 31st, 2011
This season I’ve decided I’m going to follow the moon calendar with my plantings & see how it works out. I started on July 20 by planting some root vegetables.. swedes and carrots. I have got handy hubby on the job of making me a plastic covered cloche to keep them warm… and.. to keep […]
Posted in Flower Garden, Orchard, Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Jul 27th, 2011
I thought you might find it interesting how we make compost here. Hubby is a gardener so he ‘brings home his work’. We have a tractor mounted chipper & every weekend he shreds the weeks work. Any that is guaranteed non-poisonous is used as animal bedding.. in shelters & chook houses. Later of course that […]
Posted in Flower Garden on Jul 1st, 2011
ok.. I guess its a little weird to be excited about a frost and I have been loving the long autumn with the warm days, but I am really pleased that we are having frosts this week because I know its killing some bugs that we dont want overwintering. Plus.. its makes for some really […]
