Category: Organic farming
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Town and Country
This should be my last morning waking up in my MIL’s house in town. Tonight I will be back in my own bed until something changes. And we all know that things change – slow or fast – they still change. And we only get this one life so I am more than happy to…
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The most natural air freshener ever
Other than opening the windows and doors? The most natural air freshener in the world is 179 bales of freshly cut hay stacked into the barn. Hay has this newly mowed grass crossed with bright notes of sunshine kind of scent. If we could bottle this scent it would be a best seller. Of course…
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Check out the determination of this bumblebee.
Do you remember the small patch of wild flowers under the trees on the South side of the house. With the flowering weeds. Though weeds are only plants in the wrong place! It is now heaving with bees and even the odd butterfly has arrived. The flowers are fading but the bees are getting as…
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Bath-time for Ducks and Chooks
The Barn Yard Ducks don’t actually need a pond full of water as long as they have deep bowls of water but they LOVE it most when they can have a proper bath in a pond. Ducks preen after a bath. The main function of preening behaviour is to re-distribute the oils secreted at the base…
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Writing with Soap in the Shower.
The best ideas come to me in the shower. My mind is on a pause and all the little searches I have launched during the last few hours suddenly get busy and bring me answers. So I write myself notes on the shower walls. This may look like an utter failure when I go back…
The Kitchen's Garden 