Huttons Valley Permaculture
Changing seasons
This morning I headed up to the chickens and stopped (as I often do) to look across the garden. It was the first foggy morning of Autumn...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 8, 20212 min read
The King has arrived!
It was probably about six months ago that I buried King Stropharia mushroom spores along the edge of the path at the bottom of the front...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 7, 20212 min read
'Convenience' food on the Homestead
Well it's convenience food once you've put in the time to grow, harvest, cook and store it. But for me it's worth it. This is healing...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Easter, food and family
Had a lovely time catching up with Michael and Maddi at Easter. The weather was beautiful and perfect for a wander around to visit the...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Can you see them?
I was out feeding the chickens this morning and decided to add a little greens to their breakfast. They really need to be moved on to a...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Thanks to the volunteers
Headed out this morning to move the sheep. Some days they are anxiously awaiting me and others they gaze at me as I arrive, chewing their...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 30, 20212 min read
Hanging in there!
It's funny, I'm always anxiously awaiting tomato season, but then it quickly turns to awaiting the end of it! Being a few degrees...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 29, 20212 min read
A weekend of sharing
Just had a great weekend catching up with friends. I love to share what I've been doing around the place and talk permaculture, and of...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Morning magic!
Some mornings I drag myself outside to do the morning chores still feeling half asleep while others I'm up an at 'em, ready to go for the...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Tidying up the jar room
Today I decided that the jar room had to go! Well, not go entirely, just be cleaned and tidied up and turn all of these recycled glass...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 24, 20211 min read
More transformations
I think I'd exhausted myself from the honey harvest day and was really slow out of the blocks this morning. Decided the sheep had plenty...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 23, 20212 min read
It's that golden time again
It's been a crazy cool summer and as I'm not confident in the warmth returning I made the call to do my honey harvest before some wet...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Summers Bounty
I posted a picture of my vegetable garden to instagram the other day and a friend commented on how amazing it looked. Thanks I replied,...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Yes, I'm guilty!
There's always one, right?? The one that thinks he's a bit different and just doesn't follow along with the program. That's this lamb...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 19, 20212 min read
The good and the bad!
Some days I take it a little easier than others. Today was one such day. I had a couple of friends drop by for morning tea and a look...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 18, 20212 min read
This one's a gem!
I think that I've mentioned before that I hadn't grown corn for a very long time but this year launched into growing three different...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Sweet!
My current focus is on preparing my garden beds for winter crops. So I'm continuing on removing old plants and pulling grasses out....
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 16, 20212 min read
The zucchini has to go!
Two zucchini plants that started out life in early spring as just tiny sprouting seeds have enjoyed the summer, cool as it was, and have...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Just a little effort
I’ve had this fruit press for about a year and a half and had been in two minds whether to actually use it or not. The base was really...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Beating them to it!
Well I caught two pesky little mice over night in the corn patch however I think I may need more traps out there. With more corn cobs...
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