permaculture, chooks & stuff in the Samford Valley (Queensland)
Posted in weather on Oct 31st, 2009
Monday (26th), the mini-drought in Brisbane did break, 53mm of delicious rain fell here and we’ve been able to throw away the chlorophyll-tinted glasses we had all taken to wearing.
Great news…..but of course rain never falls in an egalitarian fashion with places like Rockhampton still desperate for a good fall – can’t be too far [...]
Posted in chickens, permaculture plants, weeds on Jul 5th, 2009
I created quite a stir in the chicken run today – it was time to build the residents a herbatorium.
This is an idea that I must have read about somewhere in the permaculture literature, I just can’t remember where, so I don’t know who to credit.
As most of you would know, chickens left to their [...]
Posted in permaculture plants, vegetables on Jun 25th, 2009
….and not because I nuked them all.
I am beginning to discover the joys of vegetable gardening in the Brisbane winter – warm midday sun (21 Celsius yesterday) and no little critters around wanting to munch into a nearly ripe tomato….that is if I had a nearly ripe tomato…anyway, you get the idea.
Today’s post is a [...]
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