When determining where to put your new garden bed there are a few points you need to consider in order to get the absolute best production possible. Underground pipes, power, etc – Number one thing to consider when planning a location for your new garden bed, is What is Already Buried Under the Ground? In […]
Well the time has come.... the days are getting longer, (and warmer...?) and we should be thinking about our spring/summer vegetable garden. For me this starts with raising some seeds indoors. Purchasing seeds allows you to get an early jump on the growing season, and also opens you up to many more varieties than you […]
Homemade ice cream - seriously the most delicious thing ever!! We have an abundance of milk at the moment. We have weaned Marmalade's calves, but are still milking her for a few more weeks. And of course when you have lots of milk - you also have lots of cream!! So we have been […]
The Vegetable garden is in a transition phase at the moment. Because we have had quite a mild autumn a lot of my summer vegies are still producing, but yet I am trying to make room to get some winter vegies started. Summer vegetables still hanging on are tomatoes, capsicums, pumpkins, zucchini and chillis. I've […]
A month or so ago, I did a post on raising your own lamb for meat production. We have since had our butcher out and had a couple big days of creating and preserving our meat! WARNING - if you don't like the gory details and pics, don't read on! Most people who raise meat […]
Harvest, Harvest, Harvest - that seems to be the theme for February, in the vegetable patch. From zucchinis to corn, beans to greens - it seems like everything starts coming in ready for picking in February. Harvest and Watering! Our corn is nearly all picked by the end of February. I planted it in […]
Raising your own lambs for meat can be a very fulfilling enterprise. Not only do you get the fun part of managing your livestock and watching the lambs grow, but home produced meat is a lot cheaper (and I believe TASTIER!!) than what you buy in the supermarket. There is a lot to consider, however […]
With Christmas and the New Year it usually takes me a couple of weeks to get back into things again, and this year has been no different. We had a busy few weeks with family visiting which was fantastic to catch up with everyone - but it means that the garden and farm gets a […]
I picked the first of our broccoli last night. They are massive heads, and I think I picked them just in time as they will start spreading if I’d left them much longer. Obviously this is much more than we are likely to eat in the next week or so, so I cut them up […]