Duck eggs

We are eating a lot of these yummy eggs lately.

The ducks free range and like the nesting boxes around the farm.

Soon we will start leaving the nests so we get a few ducklings.

Chicken tractor

The chickens get cooped up as needed. These ones are clearing up the garden beds ready for summer corn.

Succession

The bamboo is going to finaly take over from our rasberries -hopefully after a good feast.

Milking shed

Lilly loves her shed. A place to keep out of the sun and rain. She is often found here munching on a mouthful of hay or just chewing her cud.

Except however when is is full of children.

Shed

Yay!!!

We have finished the floor on our shed.

We chose recycled cobblestones for the floor and are just finishing the edges with a little concrete.

Next step walls and then who knows what we will get up to in there. Everyone has ideas already of what they want to build.

Puha

Puha thrives as an understory under our winter lupins. A great green for our winter casseroles and stews.

Bamboo

October always heralds the begining of the new seasons Bamboo shoots. The life force in bamboo is so powerful. Each year it blows me away how much bigger the culms are getting and the speed growth.

This is a three year old Moso plant. When mature its culms will be up to 250mm across and will reach up to 20 meters high. We are lucky enough to have a mature stand down the road that we use for scaffolding, our giant teepee, climbing frames................