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I’ve got a new lady…
… another chook, of course… I always find it a struggle to introduce new chooks to the flock. These girls are worse than being at high school and that was rough. This chook, who we’ve named Amelia, is a sister to Dores, the ever more infamous mistress of our flock. share2steem via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BxmGmSjlB0J/
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New wicking beds
The last couple of weeks have seen big changes in the front garden. After the mulching and new paths, I was looking at what scrap material we had and found two half pickle barrels. So… I reused some of the gravel, some plastic that I was gifted, old PVC pipe, polypipe and shade cloth to…
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Bye Mercy!
This afternoon, I found Mercy, our oldest chook dead in the middle of the run. She was coming up on 4 years old. There were no obvious marks or fluids, no sign of a struggle, so I hope it was a painless death. I’ve been remiss in spending time with the girls lately as there…
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Modularity rules!
One of the great things about aquaponics is that you can design a high degree of modularity and redundancy into your system. Am example is our floating raft beds – the plants in them aren’t doing so well now that the cooler weather is here. I noticed that, in these conditions, the Azolla was thriving.…
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Sweet potato harvest. The first of many!
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