Category: Photography
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5 Notes for a Post Winter Clean Up List

Our midwest winter brought a few frozen duck waters, minor mounds of snow, a little slippery ice and some cold temperatures. The fire kept up and I did not have freezing fingers once this winter. Frankly it was a pathetic attempt for a midwest winter. Which makes me worry that the worst is yet to…
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Proud of You I am

All up we raised $3,000 for our neighbours in New Zealand. My family thanks you for joining us in this endeavour. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Because we are all neighbours. So I wrote us a poem. It has nothing to do with floods and everything to do with us. Think…
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Catastrophic Flooding in Hawkes Bay

Hawkes Bay my home region, has been smashed to bits. Cyclone Gabrielle, a severe tropical cyclone that reached a Category 3 on February 6, 2023 threw days of heavy rain and high winds at New Zealand – many regions from Northland to the Central North Island and below were affected by flooding, washed out bridges, power…
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Judey Poodey is back

And he is HUGE! He literally saunters to and fro. FreeBee is equally well fed. They are calm and gentle giants. Super relaxed. They have obviously been really well treated and well looked after. They are in their first pen – then I will train them to the electric fence so they can start turning…
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đź’¦I grow sprouts for my chickens in the shower!!

Yup – as my shower warms up it is washing the sprouts. Sprouts are the best food for your chickens (and pigs) and you can sprout any grain loitering in the back of your cupboards. I have wheat in the fields so that is my main grain to sprout. I have always been wary of…

