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    Signs of Autumn
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Apr 7
    • 2 min

    Signs of Autumn

    There are certainly obvious signs of autumn. Cooling nights and the changing colours of leaves on the trees. But there is one sign I...
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    Observing and Sharing!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Mar 29
    • 2 min

    Observing and Sharing!

    When I'm out in the mornings sometimes a scene will just catch my eye. This shot of the chicken coop with swale, hay shed and hills in...
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    The apples are in!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Mar 15
    • 3 min

    The apples are in!

    I've been nurturing this apple tree for awhile as it has been really loaded with fruit, but this week was harvest time. The apples are...
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    Tomatoes are back!!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Mar 8
    • 2 min

    Tomatoes are back!!

    Every year you anxiously wait for the tomatoes to arrive then when they hit, you can't wait for them to be finished again. Never happy...
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    Preserving the Harvest
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Mar 1
    • 2 min

    Preserving the Harvest

    Preserving time is quickly ramping up! The warm weather brings with it an abundance in the garden and also out and about in foraging and...
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    The good and the bad
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Feb 22
    • 3 min

    The good and the bad

    What makes one plant, with a beautiful flower, a noxious weed to be cut down and disposed of , but another, with an equally beautiful...
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    Giving these girls a new home!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Feb 15
    • 2 min

    Giving these girls a new home!

    I had a message from a friend on the weekend - her mum had an unwelcome little swarm of bees hanging out at her place and would I like to...
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    They Love It!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Feb 8
    • 2 min

    They Love It!

    It's amazing how loud bees are when they are en masse in a tree. Every time I walk past this beautiful flowering gum up in my pasture I...
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    The stone fruit have arrived!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Feb 1
    • 3 min

    The stone fruit have arrived!

    The trees were all planted about two and a half years ago and these trees are just now becoming productive. Out of the stone fruit trees...
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    Hello again!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    Hello again!

    It's been awhile since I've posted a blog - two months in fact! Why did I stop? Well I just felt I had nothing extra to share than what...
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    A surprise!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    A surprise!

    I've been growing aloe vera for about 8 years or so and had no idea that it flowered but about a month ago I noticed two of my plants...
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    Getting the basket out again!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Getting the basket out again!

    While my veggie patch has been very productive throughout winter you can really see it picking up of late. I even had to grab one of my...
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    Getting busy outside
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Getting busy outside

    Spring colour is certainly abundant now with bursts of purple, orange and yellow all throughout the garden. I really do love this time of...
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    Soil Appreciation Week!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Soil Appreciation Week!

    For most of last week I was either preparing for a soil biology workshop presentation or making a video about soil. Like I developed a...
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    Love the Spring Colour
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Love the Spring Colour

    When I started my kitchen garden I threw in a packet of 'Wildflowers for Bees'. A mix of seeds for flowers that pollinators will enjoy....
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    First Born
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Oct 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    First Born

    We had a really big rain last Thursday afternoon and into the night. To be honest I was a little worried about the youngest lambs and how...
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    Not the usual sign of Spring
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Not the usual sign of Spring

    I've been sharing quite a lot of images of beautiful flowers, such as the gorgeous apple blossom in the centre photo, or cute baby...
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    I might get some fruit this year!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Sep 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    I might get some fruit this year!

    My fruit trees are coming into their third spring season and I'm getting hopeful for a crop of fruit come summer and autumn. Last year I...
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    Preserving is not just for Autumn
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Preserving is not just for Autumn

    While there's an abundance of produce to preserve in Autumn, it's not the only time of year when food can be tucked away into the store...
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    It's busy here on the farm!
    Huttons Valley Permaculture
    • Sep 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    It's busy here on the farm!

    You met my little ducklings last week. Their mum is still sitting on the last two eggs, so the youngsters have to just snuggle in on top...
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