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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

My current focus is on preparing my garden beds for winter crops. So I'm continuing on removing old plants and pulling grasses out....

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...

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...

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...

Better late than never is the saying right!? Finally my tomatoes are giving enough that I’ve stored away quite a few jars of fermented...

One of permaculture’s ethics is return of surplus to the system but commonly known as fair share. I do love to share my abundance with...

Today I planted my first tree of my tree planting season. I find that Autumn is a great time to get these plants in the ground as the...

One of my favourite things to grow is raspberries. I have an autumn fruiting variety that is really giving. When it starts to fruit,...

I‘m finding my neighbours are very generous. They have these enormous fruit trees that produce way more than they need so are very happy...