Category: Backyard Farming
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Crazy Carrots and Cute Kids Growing and Picking Vegetables
It’s been a long time since I last grew carrots, mainly because they aren’t easy and they take a long time to grow before you can harvest them. But, my kids LOVE eating carrots, so it doesn’t make sense that we aren’t growing our own. Thus, we changed that, and we got these funny shaped carrots…
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My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge
The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.
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Spoilt Backyard Chickens Get Fancy Feeders for Thanks Giving
It’s thanks giving weekend and the chickens are getting well and truly looked after. The chickens and I were gifted a brand new super efficient chicken feeder. My daughter’s birthday present of seven baby chicks are currently living in the old coop, but will be in the main hen house before we know it. Which will…
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Meet The New Chicks On The Block
We are super lucky that the Northern Beaches Council encourages its residents to keep chickens for sustainability purposes. That said, we don’t live on acreage and roosters are not allowed. So I’ve been avoiding getting day old chicks for a few years now. But when your daughter asks for baby chickens for her fourth birthday,…
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The Vegetable Garden Explodes When You Go Adventuring
I must confess that I get upset about abandoning our vegetable garden, dogs and chickens before going on holidays. This is seriously apparent in the busy lead up to spring. Sure my vegetable garden is all mulched and can survive a week without being watered. But it certainly won’t thrive through spring and summer after…