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10/29/2013

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I've watched this (three times, for the sheer joy of it) and joined up. You? :)
(Oh...and it's coming to Cornwall - Launceston and Lostwithiel. Huzzah! I shall be trying to get it further west, too  - too good not to! Check out the screenings here: it's all over the UK - as of this month... https://projectwildthing.com/film.
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Perennial veg rules ok - walking those onions!

10/7/2013

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Walking onions. What a joy. :) They "walk" - and grow themselves. They grow little bulblets instead of flowers at the top of their stalk, droop onto the ground, and then start all over again. You get to eat the stalk (like chives), and the bulbs (like an onion). Leave enough to start again, and you have a perennial onion. That is cool. Thanks to Otter Farm for their splendid package with my walking onions revving up inside...planted within hours in the newly mulched perennial veg bed. I can sleep easy as my onions are now in bed, building their strength up over winter to start their endless gorgeous oniony march for us...:)

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Feather bedding...

10/2/2013

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The Great Molt has begun. Spice (the Grand Mama) has begun first - she has a Very Bare Bottom.   When you look after your hens with love and know them all individually, it's always a bit of a shock  (it can be a quite atrocious sight...not, as my teenage children would say, A Good Look!..) and as our friends below say, it's like walking into the aftermath of the mother of all pillow fights going into the coop every morning...ouch! But it's all part of the process - a bit like shedding leaves and investing in yer roots, if you're a tree.  I'm coming to see this time of year more and more as a Time To Pay In...feed the soil, bed down, lay good foundations, invest in next year. It's almost as exciting as spring...a deliberate investment in our natural asset. Good on you, Spice...you need a quick protein boost to help you grow 'em back (feathers are over 80% protein!) - so a good handful of sunflower seeds are coming your way this morning...) . Lovely explanation of this process is just here, from fellow chook lovers in Boston, US: http://hencam.com/faq/the-molt

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Living on a cloud...

10/1/2013

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Been living in a cloud for the last three days. I mean a real one. I stand on the doorstep and feel like the entire world has left, and there's only us and a Huge Cloud left on earth. Mist so absolute you feel like you can stretch out and grab a whole wispy armful. Like  silvery candyfloss.  Got lots and lots of water (all tanks busting full) but our solar panels busting a gut  to give us the energy we need from under a thick duvet of mizzle. We're just being very very careful, which is not difficult as it's just a matter of being sensible, and it's amazing to watch the numbers shoot up the nano second the sun comes out; pump up the volume! We've started making daily readings of our Resource Inflows (rain and sunshine) and our Resource Stocks (how full our tanks are and how much energy we have in store). Starting to look really interesting. And we hope will help us use our resource wisely. Wisely -ness. There's a thing we could all do with using a bit more of. Especially those Very Odd Blokes in Downing Street. Boy, they don't half have some odd ideas about the world. They should try living in a cloud for a few days. Or maybe that's all there is between their ears...might explain such a lot...

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