You can’t work on an empty stomach.
A quick dip into the dry, dry sand of the new garden produced a small harvest of Pink Eye Potatoes that were an initial planting when we started the garden bed. These complimented the sausages we cooked for our dinner with DIG. The garden is growing well, adorned with frogs and dahlias and lots of … Continue reading Petite Récolte
Things have been pretty busy. Nothing new there. Just more of it. Busyness that is. So I'm handing over this post to Mrs PP. I love a good solid breakfast. I realise not everyone does, but the petit paradis family agrees with me. What I find hard some mornings is the thought of actually preparing … Continue reading Non-Cereal Breakfasts @ Petit Paradis
So we're two thirds through Spring and after being out of action for a few days I was ready to set a new course. I wasn't sure how to articulate this to the rest of the family, so I just started to do it anyway. I guess you could say it was a bit of … Continue reading Spring Cleaning
Our clucky bantam was put to good use with some Barnevelder eggs bought from the last poultry auction. These chicks are our transition chicks. They'll get to forage in our garden here before we move them on to the new garden at Tillellan in - hopefully - a few weeks. Out of a half dozen … Continue reading Spring Chicks
This post follows from the first one found here. So with my reassessment of the permaculture zones whilst planning our new house and garden, here is an over-view of what you might find in each zone. ZONE 0 — The house structure. Here permaculture principles would be applied in terms of aiming to reduce energy and water needs, … Continue reading Zones in a Nutshell – Permaculture Zones : Part Two
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