Keeping chooks in good nick is a matter of pride don’t you think. A vibrant comb, bright eyed + alert, productive + a bit cheeky – this is how we want our chooks to roll. The thing is chooks are really vulnerable to parasites – internal and external when in captivity, so today I want […]
Take a Walk on the Wildside
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2019
I’m hoping this month to encourage you to explore your wild side. To stop ironing out your backyards, and instead to let them go. This is our orchard. Thigh high in grass and herbs. “Looking a bit unruly out there” is often said, and yes it is! Unruly, beautiful, vibrant, alive! Soil life flourishes in spray […]
Easy Peasy Crop Rotation
By | LastUpdated March 29, 2024
Crop rotation is falling out of fashion – and I’m glad for it, it used to be a stuffy, over complicated thing. However, don’t lets throw the baby out with the bathwater! I love the moving about and mixing of crops, and so does your soil – it brings huge bonuses. Rotation is simply moving […]
How To Plant + Prune Deciduous Fruit Tree’s
By | LastUpdated May 29, 2025
Shelter trees and deciduous fruit trees a go! – it’s time to get planting. Don’t plant citrus or subtropicals though. It makes no sense to put their heat loving feet into freezing ground. If you live somewhere frost free and mild (eg: the winter-less north) then do it, for the rest of us, its savvy […]
