Huttons Valley Permaculture
Autumn colours are coming
It's certainly felt like Autumn of late. The mornings and evenings have been very cool and I've had a couple of fires to keep me warm at...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 27, 20212 min read
Are my trees confused??
My plan in my food forest with my chop and drop schedule was to fell all the tagasaste trees first. These are trees that bloom in late...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Lest we forget
I have poppies growing in my garden and while they are not in bloom at the moment for Anzac Day their bright, beautiful flowers always...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 24, 20211 min read
More chopping in the food forest
I'm afraid my activities of yesterday provided not a lot of excitement in terms of photos. Green against green doesn't always lend itself...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Caught in the act!
Was out in the front garden today to give a bit of love to my greens and brassicas in the form of duck bedding, when I came across a...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Love is in the air
Although it was fairly cool, the sun was out this morning and the views across the farm were lovely to see as I moved my sheep. I'm...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 21, 20212 min read
Headed this way!
Sorry no post yesterday but I was on a special mission to buy some new HVP team members. I travelled to Euroa with some neighbours, to...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 19, 20211 min read
It's family time
Sometimes my garden hides away its little gems. One friend once commented "how do you know where everything is?" I've tended this garden...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 17, 20212 min read
Seed saving - easy!
I've had a pile of snow pea vines sitting on my drying rack in the carport for a number of weeks, not because they needed that long to...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 16, 20212 min read
There's always a highlight!
Some days you think that nothing exciting has happened but looking back over it you're sure to find a highlight. My highlight for a day...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Just having fun
Ruby is having a wonderful life as a farm dog. She doesn't have any particular skills that make her useful herding sheep or moving ducks...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Obtain a yield!
Today is tidy up day. I don't tidy up the garden too often as I have plenty of other things to do, and I also find if I leave it longer...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Nothing goes to waste!
After getting up, feeding and letting out the chickens and ducks then enjoying my breakfast, most days I then head to wherever the sheep...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 12, 20212 min read
This is what it's all about!
I was wandering out to my swale to see what impact 46.5mm of rain had had on it, when I noticed my fig tree had purplish, drooping fruit....
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 10, 20212 min read
Pumpkins aplenty!
One of my pumpkins I had noticed was being eaten by worms and bugs and anything moving around in the soil - sure sign that it is pumpkin...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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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