All these photos of the garden were taken this morning. The garden is producing well at the moment so we've been able to cut back on wh...
This is Martha, one of our Rhode Island red chooks. She is abut 10 months old. Chickens are a chaotic jumble of gentleness, cannibalism, stu...
These are the heirloom purple eggplants we grew earlier this year. One of the main principles of organic gardening is to build healthy soil...
I love being able to eat the food we grow in our own backyard. It's hard work sometimes, and we do have occasional failures, but general...
These are photos of some of my herbs, taken this morning. This is yarrow, borage, parsley, oregano, with daisies, to attract bees, in the ba...
It doesn't look the best, but these little creatures will help you grow good organic food. They will recycle your kitchen waste and help...
We found this little fellow in a bucket near our tank. It's nice and moist there and it looks like there are tiny tadpoles forming...
The end of winter is never the best time to see a beautiful vegetable garden as the harshness of winter does take its toll, but there is sti...
It will be a busy place at this homestead today. I'm going back to my voluntary job tomorrow after having two weeks off and I still have...
A few years ago, when I started thinking about the true cost of food, I started to buy as much as I could in, and from, my own local area. I...
I've just spent a delightful 15 minutes washing up. My dishwasher, that I usually use every second day, is out of service as the hose ca...
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