Huttons Valley Permaculture
A weekend of sharing
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Morning magic!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Tidying up the jar room
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
More transformations
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
It's that golden time again
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Summers Bounty
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,...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
Yes, I'm guilty!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
The good and the bad!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
This one's a gem!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Sweet!
My current focus is on preparing my garden beds for winter crops. So I'm continuing on removing old plants and pulling grasses out....
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
The zucchini has to go!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Just a little effort
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 13, 2021
- 2 min
Beating them to it!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
The tomatoes have arrived
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
You can share a bit too much!
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Autumn is tree planting time
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Who doesn’t love raspberries?
One of my favourite things to grow is raspberries. I have an autumn fruiting variety that is really giving. When it starts to fruit,...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Apples one day, pears the next
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...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Love to hang out in the orchard!
With apple season in full swing around these parts I decided to head up to my neighbours, Deb and Dennis, to pick some apples that they’d...
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Huttons Valley Permaculture
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
My grocery store!
One thing I love about having a full pantry is that I don’t often have to go to a grocery store! I’ve always hated it. Enjoyed farmers...
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