The greenhouse
Lesson learned: You shall not buy cheap stuff on Trademe. Honestly, I haven’t had such a fiddly job in years. Even without making too many…
Category: Lifestyle block for beginners
Upcycling
Our builders got two extra pre-fabricated roof trusses that they didn’t need. We thought they would make perfect trellis for our grapes, and so we…
Stronghold against rabbits
Unsurprisingly rabbits don’t belong here. By here I don’t mean our property only, but New Zealand as a whole. Some early settlers 200 years ago…
That chicken story
Last week, when I was worried about one of our Sussex hens, she seemed to be eggbound? All good! She survived! And produced an extremely big >first<…
Walking tracks
We’ve got plenty of wood shavings almost for free, so we decided to use them for our walking tracks down to the gully and up…
Planting fruit trees – one at a time
Autumn/winter is the best time to plant fruit trees, people say. No droughts as in the summer time ensure best growth and maybe even a…
Digging a little pond
To preserve some water for the dry summer period, we created a little pond near the fruit tree orchard, down at our wonderful flat and…
The first of many to come!
I never thought I could be that excited about an egg.
Veggie garden terraces
Our permaculture zone 2 area, just around the corner from the kitchen, on the wind protected hill side. Ideal slope for terraced vegetable garden beds.…
The chicken tractor
My recently attended permaculture design course revealed that one easy way to convert grass land into veggie beds is to use a chicken tractor. The…