It appears that overnight the little chicks have picked up the scratching technique from Jenny. I have been watching them each day and observing what they are getting taught. Yesterday they were still being shown food, directed to it and cleaning up bits and pieces that they found when Jenny scratched away areas of top … Continue reading Learning to Scratch
It has been a week since the chicks hatched out and already they have a set of tiny wing feathers and are running super quick around the garden with Jenny. They are eating crumble and wheat and really love the green caterpillars and aphids at the moment.With the really hot weather there have been some … Continue reading Hot Day
The Hedge Garden is not to be seen as a division or barrier. It is really an oasis of biodiversity that links areas of the garden together. It offers the following yields and benefits:culinary herbsflowers for cuttingflowers for eatingberries which are a forage food for both us and the guinea pigs and chickensherbs for garden … Continue reading The Hedge Garden
I recently viewed the film A Farm for the Future which I linked to in a previous post.There is a particular part of the film where they feature a no-dig farm. That is, a farm where they do not plow the soil and thus have enabled and encouraged numerous grass varieties to establish themselves. This … Continue reading Save Our Soils
I often think about what the big picture might look like.You know, the BIG picture.The one where there is a decline in the use of fossil fuels and alternative energy isn't really an alternative - but eventually, totally necessary.The global debt keeps getting juggled around and around until it finally hemorrhages and the only alternative … Continue reading The Big Picture
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