It was time, the chickens were headed for greener pastures. They were no longer doing what we needed them to do, so it was time to move them on. And we discovered the perfect place. After living in the backyard Continue reading
1. You’ll never be able to buy eggs again. Your chickens will lay the richest, yellowest, happiest eggs (yes happiest) you’ve ever tasted, and if you run out, buying eggs will be like selling your soul. 2. You’ll never get Continue reading
It’s always sad saying good bye to an old friend. Ever since we’ve lived in our rental, we’ve scaled the back fence over to what is now our new block and picked as many peaches as we could. Last Continue reading
It’s been while since I updated you on Gertrude, Poppy and Maude. They’re doing well. Poppy is a little under the weather. She’s looking a little less sparky than usual, her comb not a red, and feathers not as glossy. Continue reading
Our garden has been a little neglected since I fell pregnant. I had all the plans to get planting once E was born but then we bought the block and I couldn’t justify planting, as we were just going to Continue reading
I think it’s a great lesson in life to remember, that not everything goes to plan. I mean, life is generally pretty great, day-to-day but sometimes things go awry and we mustn’t loose hope that things will work out for Continue reading
This is our whole garden haul for a day. Pretty dismal isn’t it. I’ve missed a few Garden Share Collective posts, and well, so has our garden. Before Christmas I just couldn’t muster the motivation to plant, weed, turn soil Continue reading
For the last 2 years I worked at a local high school tutoring aboriginal students one on one (a state initiative called The Wannik Education Strategy). Although I generally had a full timetable, sometimes these students would be absent, or Continue reading
As part of the Sustainable Living Festival Geelong people across the Bellarine Peninsula opened their homes so that others could explore their edible gardens. My Dad was super keen to show us one of the houses, a man that he knows Continue reading
Earlier this week I wrote about Bitch-Face, today I share the story of the 8 junior Bitch-Faces. (Note: I should have added in the last post, that we’d had clipped her wings and she was still flying out of the Continue reading