Chickens are creatures of habit, they are practical and they like climbing, so it should not have been a great surprise when I looked out th...

Hanno and I will be busy bees this morning. I was out watering the vegetables before the sun came up; it's going to be very warm here a...

Click on photos to enlarge them. In this photo you can see the down pipe Hanno rigged up on the chook house. It collects rainwater from thi...

We bought two new chickens on the weekend. A buff Sussex named Quince and a Light Sussex named Quentin. My Australian friends will know wh...

Long gone are the days when we frequently replace bought items that we use at home. Hanno is on a pension and I do paid work infrequently, ...

Around here, spring cleaning doesn't only happen inside. Hanno has been busy cleaning screens, doors and windows. He borrowed Jens' ...

I'm glad our gate was open yesterday because in walked Bob, the bee keeper. I looked up local beekeepers on the web and Bob was set up ...

It's a mystery to me why all gardeners don't make their own compost. It is an important part of gardening, will help enrich your so...

When you first take up your trowel and fork and start planting vegetable seeds for the first time there is a very strong tendency to ov...