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Kombucha top up
Today’s the day for feeding the kombucha. For those that don’t know, Kombucha is a living colony of bacteria and yeasts that turns tea and sugar into a healthy, nutritious, tasty drink. We do what is called a ‘continuous ferment’, which is where you add the new food to a large container where all the…
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The new chook palace
Over the last week, health and time permitting, I’ve deconstructed an old dog house that Athena donated and put it on stilts to make a new, luxurious, chook palace. The girls now have more space in the run as the new house has a smaller footprint than the old and is off of the ground,…
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Gary the Yabby
Meet Gary. He’s our pet Yabby. Gary doesn’t get a lot of coverage, he’s a bit on the quiet side and, often, hard to find. Gary was rescued from a friend’s house. We were walking along a path there and waving from the hole that the Hill’s Hoist used to go into was a claw.…
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Slugs!
For a week now I’ve had some slug traps out. Just a simple yeast, sugar and water mix bait in cut out soft drink bottles. I’ve been puzzled about why the leafy greens are still getting eaten. As it wasn’t too cold or wet tonight. I popped out for a bit of an examination. The…
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Weekend produce share
Every Saturday from 10.45 to 11 am, we have a produce share at Pioneer Park in Gawler, through the Transitions Gawler We meet up and swap excess food and produce from our gardens. It’s always a good turn out, especially when the sun’s shining, like it is today.
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
