AKA protect your crops! Above: behold: our chicken pecked tomato… I’ve been busy—finishing the academic year and not so happy with my last assignment. My head buzzes most of the time and I seem to have not managed to develop a strategy for focus and note taking. This has lead to an endless folder in my … Continue reading
and this time we were a bit out Sigh of relief! We finally received some good, soaking, at some points, torrential rain over the last 48 hours. Our tanks are now at peak capacity (so 4,000 litres all up) and we even had to bail out the sump (the grow beds and the sump are open to the … Continue reading
and overachieving! We have four hens and of late, their laying patterns have been a bit erratic. In the early days of keeping chickens we were amazed that they produced so prolifically: once laying (at about 3 months old) they produced a perfect ball of protein each and every day. This was well beyond spec: … Continue reading
lay a little egg for me We have been keeping chickens for just over two years now. Our first set of girls came from Heritage Poultry and Produce in Richlands (a south-western Brisbane suburb). Of course I wanted the pretty ones…but there were no guarantees with the special breeds that they would be girls (and … Continue reading
What is it to live a good life? It seemed both quirky and comical back in 1975 when the British sitcom The Good Life aired on TV, and Chris and I watched (from opposite sides of the globe) as Tom and Barbara Good attempted an escape from the daily grind by converting their little suburban block into a … Continue reading
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