Category: Backyard Farming
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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…
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How to Make Quick Compost Without an Expensive System
Making compost is the best way to grow healthy plants. Your vegetable crop will demand lots from the soil, so the way to get delicious food is to have rich soil