Almost 8 weeks old

Weeds, ducks and chickens

I have the caltrop weed growing everywhere, very prickly if you step on the seeds, or put one in your finger. So rather then weeding, I decided to put wet newspaper and cardboard down on my paths to stop it from growing. I am very happy with the result.

Feeding time, Ollie and Cleo coming for food, before I even had the food out.

Waiting...

Mmmm food!

Hiding from the wind

Late Xmas present, one bale of hay

Very happy chickens and hens

Make a free bird feeder and bird waterer

Tonight I have just made a bird feeder and bird waterer (is that a word?) out of two terracotta saucers I am not using for anything.

I drilled 4 holes into each saucer using a masonry bit and keeping the terracotta wet.

Then using old clothes line I simply put it through the holes and hung in the pepper tree. One saucer is being hung on a hanging basket hook I found in the garden and the other is tied into a clothes hanger.

I need to seal the 4 holes on the bird waterer as the water is running through at the moment.


Now I just wait and see if the birds come...

Potato Harvest

Not sure when is the correct month to harvest potatoes, but the tops had died, chooks were enjoying digging them up, so I decided to harvest tonight. I got almost 3 kg's of potatoes, a little smaller harvest then I was hoping, but look good all the same :)

Green bean harvest

First harvest of green beans for the season and very nice for dinner. It's so good to be able to start popping out to the veggie garden and picking things for dinner. One zucchini, fried accompanied the green beans, freshly picked tonight as well.

Zucchini harvest, Oregano drying

Anyone with a zucchini plant or two, knows how many zucchini's you get in a very short time. I needed to do something with these zucchini's that was quick.

So I sliced them up...

...and placed in two freezer bags and added to the freezer. Hopefully they will freeze OK and I can add to stews and soups in the winter.

My oregano plant was looking rather big, so I chopped it back and then wondered what to do with the chopped off oregano. I decided to place into one of the netting bags I've been collecting, then left it hanging near my kitchen window for the last couple of weeks. It actually dried really well.

I pulled all the leaves off the sticks

Then stored in an old coffee jar. The smell is amazing!

I can't believe how easy it was to dry oregano. I can't wait to try drying peppermint, basil, thyme...

Another fright, but a good one...

Yesterday as I was walking through the gate to my fruit orchard, a baby brown snake slithered through my legs giving me quite a fright and bringing me back inside....

Today I was picking zucchini's when I found this little fella on one zucchini. I jumped back until I realised what it was. Anyone know what type of lizard it it?