Strange duckling story at Home Farm in 2020
Our mallards had their ducklings at our pond again this year. This time, however, our duckling story turned out be unpredictable and a bit strange.
Our mallards had their ducklings at our pond again this year. This time, however, our duckling story turned out be unpredictable and a bit strange.
Up until very recently stinging nettles in our garden were extremely annoying and a nuisance. That’s all changed as I’ve started to read up on composting and I’ve compiled a…
We finally got some good rainfall last night and this morning, as part of the veg patch and orchard inspection, I came across several snails and slugs on our path…
In this instalment we make further progress on our raised beds and we get around to rabbit proofing our veg patch using chicken wire, which was a tricky and protracted…
Resuming from part one of our series, in this installment we’ve finished putting up the paling fencing, we fill the first raised bed with a mixture of compost and John…
Our backdoor has a latch that can keep the door wide open. When it’s windy or there are a lot of bees, wasps and insects around, you want to keep…
We’re learning a lot about many things at the moment. This week, I came across two spiders. They both looked unusual (to me anyway) so I did some research.
Our path towards sustainability continues as we’ve embarked on building a fenced-in 9x9m veg patch. In part one of our video series on building our first ever veg patch from…
We finished refitting the master bathroom about six weeks ago, but we’ve been waiting for some small bits and pieces to arrive. Now that it’s all done, let’s check it…