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Things You Shouldn’t do With an Axe

25 November, 2019

Another heat wave is upon us as we hurtle towards summer. Thankfully, the mornings and evenings are still somewhat cool. Most of the crops are in the garden now. I still have spares of some things, which have come in useful to replace seedlings eaten by my dreaded enemy: the molluscs. Let’s just say I’m … More Things You Shouldn’t do With an Axe

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Is it Winter or Summer? Oh, Spring…

13 November, 2019

We’re all suffering from a bit of weather shock. The wintery spring with cold winds and grey skies suddenly turned into the heat of summer. We we’re getting hot weather normally reserved for high summer. It felt like one minute it was too windy and cold to plant out the young vege seedlings and the … More Is it Winter or Summer? Oh, Spring…

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In Which we Say Goodbye to The Dorkings

1 November, 2019

The Dorking hens, Moppet and Mittens have left the homestead. I had been thinking about what to do with them since I couldn’t keep them with the main Australorp flock all the time, due to over-attention from the big roosters. We are limited with space and it wasn’t practical to keep them in their own … More In Which we Say Goodbye to The Dorkings

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In Which The Little Fluffballs Arrive

22 October, 2019

The chicks have finished hatching and, as I expected, 8 out of the 9 hatched. The first one was a little fasty. It pipped at the wrong end of the the egg but made it out by itself towards the end of Day 20. Most of the chicks hatched later on Day 21 or on … More In Which The Little Fluffballs Arrive

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