Can you spot my 6 newly hatched Silkie chicks in this picture? My last hatch for the season. This beautiful buff hen is not their biological mum. She is “job sharing”, as Silkies often do
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I have just had the first Peacherine of the season.. I have been drooling over this beautiful fruit for weeks & I can say the taste was worth the wait. Now to work my way through the tree before they drop on the ground & get gobbled up by the chooks. . they love them […]
Just thought I’d share a few pictures I’ve been taking today… I showed you Lulu & her man visitor back in August. I am delighted to say we are fairly convinced that she is not just fat this year & that we are expecting kids in January. I couldn’t actually capture her size in […]
New Additions
Posted in Breeding, Equines, Poultry, Sheep on Oct 25th, 2011
I have a lot to blog about, with all the Spring happenings here, but time keeps getting away on me. Today, however, I have special news which I just have to share. This morning we rescued another lamb from hubbies workplace and, I’m delighted to say, so far all is well. Hubby spotted her […]
Clipping Their Wings
Posted in Flower Garden, Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Oct 12th, 2011
We have 2 orpington x wyandotte hens, Sylvia & Shirley, who decided it was a better life over the fence living with our little Pekin bantams in the house garden. I raised them from our own eggs last year & they talk to me every time I venture outside. We have fun & games finding their eggs, […]
Mini Garden Cloches… saving my dahlias
Posted in Crafts, Flower Garden, Poultry on Oct 6th, 2011
In August I showed you the garden cloche hubby made for our raised vegetable garden. He’s been working in the shed again, on rainy days, making me some mini cloches. As always, cleverly constructed from recycled timber (kwilla from a discarded pallet). Last year I had quite a battle trying to get my dahlias growing, […]
My first chickens of the season have hatched. 3 Silkies and a Pekin. I love chickens and I already have a number of broody hens but I will be trying not to hatch too many as I’m finding the bantams hard to rehome. If you are local & looking for Pekins or Silkies.. I […]
I’ve been having a bit of a bake up this week.. the banana loaves are very popular with everyone here & disappear quickly. They are very handy for the boys lunches. In case you are wondering how I have such a big supply of overripe bananas… I buy bags of salad bananas when they are […]
New Garden Cloche
Posted in Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Aug 24th, 2011
You may recall I posted recently about my dear little bantams ‘helping” me in the garden. Well, they can be quite useful for keeping bugs away & scratching out a few weeds but they were actually decimating the vegetables; eating all the silverbeet & even the carrot tops & parsley! So I got handy hubby […]
Planting By The Moon
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 […]
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