We have officially moved to the next level in our efforts to make ourselves look like Real Farmers. In a recent flurry of animal acquisition, beasties have fair-to-flooded through the gates of our little acreage. In just one weekend we added… Continue Reading
After an Unfortunate Incident on Tuesday morning I’m laid up with a sprained ankle. If only I could say I sustained the injury vaulting off a pony, or leaping daringly in front of an escaping sheep, but no. In a (literally)… Continue Reading
We had a bonfire.
How is it that tiny baby snails are cute, while tiny baby slugs are not? This mini-muncher was sleeping in the broccoli I brought in from the garden for dinner last night. Overcome by sentimentality I relocated hir* to the… Continue Reading
There’s a riot of green in the veggie patch just now, plants are falling all over each other as they jostle for space. Even though I expanded the food garden last year, right now it’s more crowded than an Auckland… Continue Reading
Today was the day. First up a couple of hours of cutting, moving and chipping branches in preparation for Phil the Fencer to slug out the next wave of fencing. Then Deborah and I hit the pool. It wasn’t actually… Continue Reading
I was there the weekend before last and had a lovely visit with two of my favorite people, AntiGene and UnklEd. Here they are: As of Friday they’ve been married for 55 years, and they are still not only talking… Continue Reading
There are so many things that need moving from place to place on a smallholding. Horse poo is transfered from paddocks to gardens, firewood is schlepped from the Seven Acre Wood up to the wood-sheds, old hay from the chicken… Continue Reading
One of these farmlet residents fell into the stream and couldn’t get out, the other one had to jump in and assist. No prizes for guessing which one is which. Let’s just say that the person who executed the rescue… Continue Reading
During our first summer here I created a Mediterranean Garden from a previously arid wasteland. This year I’ve been working on a companion piece: The English Garden. The plot (haha) was hatched early in the year, when Stephen and Favorite… Continue Reading
