Another Great Day With A Pocket Full of Hay
2020 Autumn Edition It has been so long since I did a weekly update. The summer was so full, we had a farm visitor who helped with so many things! Then sadly, toward the end of the summer I hurt my back (Im actually still healing). It was pretty debilitating but I am becoming more …
Basil is delicious and I love growing it in the summer, I also like to grow from seed as it is less expensive and if you start saving seeds you can close a loop. Saving seeds means that those seeds are ready for your garden, they know your soil and they know your weather conditions. …
I usually let my bean pods dry on the plant, and then cut the plant just above the roots. Before I get to work removing the seeds I like to grab a cup of tea. I then remove the pods from the plant and start popping the seeds out. When I get them all out …
I have not posted in a long time, summer was so busy and then I hurt my back and couldn’t even sit. It turns out I have a prolapsed disc and it is taking so long to heal. I felt a little like I was social isolating due to my back and now I am …
Well a lot has happened since we have had the pigs on the farm. Sadly we lost the runt pig who just could not catch up. We did everything possible to try and help her and it was heart wrenching when she finally succumbed. One of the things we tried to do was separate her …
2019 Spring Edition So much has happened both on and off the farm that I haven’t been able to catch up on these updates. That is why this time I am combining weeks. Week 47 marked our second anniversary on the farm. Now I am entering my third growing year and while I have been …
2019 Spring Edition This week was another week where I have been behind. My mother in law was still in hospital and so extras are only getting caught up on now. Short and sweet is the way to go. In Animal News This week our sheep got a hair cut, just in time for the …
2019 Spring Edition The sun is shining and the days are warm. I plan on keeping this brief so I can bask in the sun and get stuff done. I also had a family member go to hospital making the blog slow to get moving but I’m here and this post has been worked on …
2019 Spring Edition This week went from freezing and yuck to sunshine and glorious. The weekend (a long one in New Zealand and traditionally time to put the tomatoes in the garden) was so beautiful the sun shone and I felt hot. I loved it so much that when the weekend was over and the …
Project pig is in full swing, six spring piglets arrived on the farm and they could not be cuter. I am so excited to have them here and even more excited to put them to work clearing the forest but first they need to get a little bigger. The piglets have been slowly warming to …
