Huttons Valley PermacultureApr 72 minSigns of AutumnThere are certainly obvious signs of autumn. Cooling nights and the changing colours of leaves on the trees. But there is one sign I...
Huttons Valley PermacultureMar 292 minObserving 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureMar 153 minThe 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureMar 82 minTomatoes 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureMar 12 minPreserving the HarvestPreserving time is quickly ramping up! The warm weather brings with it an abundance in the garden and also out and about in foraging and...
Huttons Valley PermacultureFeb 223 minThe good and the badWhat makes one plant, with a beautiful flower, a noxious weed to be cut down and disposed of , but another, with an equally beautiful...
Huttons Valley PermacultureFeb 152 minGiving 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureFeb 82 minThey 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureFeb 13 minThe 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureJan 254 minHello 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureNov 9, 20213 minA 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureNov 2, 20213 minGetting 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureOct 26, 20213 minGetting busy outsideSpring colour is certainly abundant now with bursts of purple, orange and yellow all throughout the garden. I really do love this time of...
Huttons Valley PermacultureOct 19, 20213 minSoil 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureOct 12, 20213 minLove the Spring ColourWhen I started my kitchen garden I threw in a packet of 'Wildflowers for Bees'. A mix of seeds for flowers that pollinators will enjoy....
Huttons Valley PermacultureOct 5, 20212 minFirst BornWe 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureSep 28, 20212 minNot the usual sign of SpringI've been sharing quite a lot of images of beautiful flowers, such as the gorgeous apple blossom in the centre photo, or cute baby...
Huttons Valley PermacultureSep 21, 20213 minI 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureSep 14, 20212 minPreserving is not just for AutumnWhile 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...
Huttons Valley PermacultureSep 7, 20213 minIt'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...