Growing Food and Animal Husbandry, Including Pics!

[Farseer]

Off for a jaunt to the east coast again at the end of the week so will pick up some replacement chickens on the way, but point-of-lay pullets this time. The jackeroo who killed the last lot has recently flown the coop so it's now safe to buy some more!

My most recently grown tomato bushes are already producing so it will be a very productive spring and summer for those. I have been neglecting my old patch so it's time to get stuck into some major planting...!

It's also time to finally get the orchard put in after having to put it off umpteen times after the new house was built here. I'm looking forward to seeing some mango, orange, mandarine (the spelling choice for many Australians as most tend to say "man - dah - reen", not "man - dah - rin"!), lemon, lime, grapefruit and mulberry trees out the back. I haven't had my hands stained purple from mulberries since I was about five years old.

Oh, and I have some passionfruit seeds to plant too. Hopefully these will not only provide some fruit but also a nice screen (eventually!) between our homestead and the men's quarters.