You got chickens? They are like naughty puppies and crap on everything, including their own eggs if you let them. But there’s a way to keep the nesting box clean, if you find them perching over them at night. Bird spikes, amazingly, work for chickens also 😳 In the photo you can see one egg … Continue reading
Here you go – with coffee. Without coffee. Continue reading
Seems like a town in Germany got sick and tied of those environmentally hateful coffee pods and decided to do something about it. There is so much bad with those pods it can’t be right, almost evil I says. Your signs of quality no pod coffee are below – a machine where you pour the … Continue reading
Really didn’t know how this one would turn out, but a little hope, time, rain and coffee compost seems to make fruit! And it’s a late crop compared to the other peaches, so they are now available fresh off the tree from November to Feb. A delightful sweet and slightly tart clingstone peach. … Continue reading
Good to know that if I ever settle down in Bali, that there is an everlasting source of coffee grounds available. Thank you tourists!! The ground pucks are decidedly firmer than back home in Melbourne. They must have a very smooth grind for that to happen, and will soon be asking the local baristas how … Continue reading
And then there were peaches… But back in Spring… There are so many peaches now that the branches are splayed out like a pile of pick up sticks. With each fruit gleefully removed, it hops a little more to normal form. Thank you Summer 😃 Continue reading
So this is what the end of a Winter looks like in my part of the world. Following a few weeks break during the shortest days of the year, the chickens start laying again. You see, they are solar powered. The globe artichoke is pushing up past the dogbane. Stinging nettle is covering the fence on … Continue reading
