Three posts in a day! I couldn’t resist posting also these pictures. Chickens are so good to have! They provide no end of entertainment. Unfortunately we have one mature hen who is injured somehow. She will not stand on one leg. I ruled out bumble foot and (thank goodness) Marek’s. None of the bones are …
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Summer Solstice Work
On the Summer Solstice we didn’t just demolish our Earth Oven, we did a lot more work. I plugged the last holes (I hope) in the rabbit proof fence around the veg garden. We swept and tidied the backyard and patio. Amie and I planted the flowers we got from the garden center. A couple …
Earth Oven Phase 8: Demolition Work
Yesterday was a good work day. Not oppressively hot and humid like earlier in the week, but just right for some demolition work. As we used our earth oven, it became more and more clear that the earth we used was not clayish enough. As a result, chunks of earth and earth dust kept falling …
Might this be a Kiwi Fruit?
{UPDATE} No. See here. In my last post I expressed my hope that Anna’s hunch is correct (at Walden Effect) that my Ananasnayas are self-fertile. I’ve been keeping an eye on the flowers – not hard to do as the vine is literally in my face each time I go near the chickens. Lo and …
Garden Survey
My friend and fellow blogger Kath did a garden survey and inspired me to do the same. It was getting a bit darker on an already gloomy day and everything is still covered in yellow pollen dust, but I managed to snap some pictures. We begin with Amie and the little chickens. They are now …
Remembrance
Amie and I made this little altar. We are collecting small momentos (like feathers) and printing out pictures of animals we love who have died – human and not alike. There’s no plan, just to have it be a place for remembrance. We’ll see how it develops. The little statue inside was made a long …
Melting Wax in the Solar Oven
Finally, a couple of fully sunny days. In the morning I feed the chickens, move the chicks into their mini coop, then set up the solar oven and the wax. Here’s how I do it (with thanks to LDSPrepper). Bucket of wax, rinsed several times to get most of the honey off. This is a …