I’ve missed you all and I don’t know how I managed to leave it so long before getting in touch. I haven’t stopped or anything. In fact, quite the opposite. I’ve had my most productive June ever. I think the expression – ‘if you want anything done, ask a busy person to do it’ sums up my days recently. I had a large computer gardening project on, … Continue reading I’ve been too busy to chat.
Winter made a dramatic entrance today, but was all puff and no substance. It was all fog, but not really cold – not in the standard winter scheme of things. Once the fog lifted it was a lovely sunny, mild day. The kind of day you would expect from a gentle autumn. I hope this is an indication of how things will continue for the … Continue reading New Season – New Friends
And so we have come to the final day of winter. When it comes to the spring and summer I prefer to go by the calendar as it brings the desirable seasons to me quicker. However for Autumn and Winter, if we go with the equinox / solstice system, then I can kid myself the good times last longer. I play it free and easy … Continue reading Signs of Spring
I have tried really hard to grow a lemon tree or even any kind of citrus for that matter and over the years I have failed miserably. Then recently I thought I’d try again, but I would kill two birds with one stone. However there was a point when killing birds with stones seemed like a good idea. But at the time I thought I’d … Continue reading Citrus sabotage most fowl!
I am so excited. In this battle of wills of me versus the chickens, I appear to be winning. I’ll leave them on lock down for a little bit longer just so they know who is boss! Thanks to everyone who suggested I prune my lavender, I shall add them to the list of plants that need pruning and then get onto it sooner rather … Continue reading There is an egg in my bucket!
I finished mowing the orchard and it looks great. Now I need to focus on pruning and other winter orchard management things – once I find out what they are. As I was going up and down mowing my lovely straight lines I heard the chickens making that “I’ve laid an egg” squawk, which was like music to my ears. They have been off the … Continue reading If you taunt me, I will lock you up.
It was my bookkeeping Tuesday and I don’t know if it was because it was cold or I really don’t like it all that much – but it took forever to do. I should have been outside and into the garden by lunchtime, but for some reason it was just a slow day. So with the winter sun sinking quickly over the hills there wasn’t … Continue reading I’m going through a soup phase.
I didn’t do anything in the garden for two main reasons. Number one – The temperature dropped quite dramatically. We have been used to a quite balmy 15°C average so far through most of the winter and when the sun comes out it can even be considered warm. However we had a fog that never really lifted, or if it did, it just revealed a … Continue reading Things to do in the garden
There is nothing more to do in the chicken coop. I went out bright and early and purchased some wood long enough to span the space to give the chickens somewhere to sit. There was already a horizontal post on the old existing wall at about the right height, so I created a rail on the other side by nailing a piece of 4by2 to … Continue reading Finally it is done.
I have built an extension on our chicken coop and I’m pretty stoked with how well it came out. When we first moved here the people kept a lot of budgies and other pretty birds in an aviary in the garden. When we got here the birds were gone but the cage was still there. So we decided it would be an awesome place for … Continue reading I have achieved something pretty cool!
