Category: Farming
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And I want to see your garden too…
I will show you my garden and I hope that you will show me yours, even if it is a gorgeous solitary pot on the balcony of your condo… or a grand allotment by the sea or a corner by the shed, a patch out the front by the road..a space cleared out in the…
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Off we go for our walkabout on The Kitchen’s Garden Farmy
Walkabouts are my favourite posts. Today we will wander through the cast of the Kitchens Garden Farm. I could not fit everyone on the one page but you will get the idea. This is The Duke of Kupa. He has two wives and spends an enormous amount of time trying to attract their attention. But…
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How To Make a Frog House
Frog houses are a great idea. They snuggle into a cool corner of your garden and give your frogs somewhere to hide from the cats and cool off when they are not in the water. Frogs are important in the garden as they gobble up that nasty mosquito larvae. So if you have water you…
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Water in the garden and an important discussion.
I have always been fascinated by water in the garden. And butterflies, bees and birds, not to mention toads, frogs, snakes and our collection of little garden inhabitants share my fascination. Water adds a reflective shimmer to the ruffled, vibrant, undulating collection of colours and textures in the flower garden. My little bowls and plates…
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Haymaking makes my Skinny Girlie Arms Ache.
A good ache though. Yesterday I made an electric fence run out the North side of the Barn for our slinky swine. This is primarily so that the pigs can root in the dirt. They get a lot of their essential minerals from the soil. Daisy and I went through our twice daily routine…
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