The Crested Cream Legbar
Unraveling the Beauty and Charm of Crested Cream Legbar Chickens When it comes to the world of poultry, there’s an astonishing array of chicken breeds, each with its unique charm and attributes. Among the most captivating and sought-after breeds is the Crested Cream Legbar chicken. With their striking appearance and fascinating history, these chickens have […]
Chickens: Safety First
Our little patch of paradise has always had problems with preditors, wether it’s feral cats or foxes or one time fairly spectacularly a goshawk it’s a fairly hazardous place to to be poultry. With this in mind we sacrificed the back section of our enclosed garden to build a hen yard with a goal of […]
Chickens: Selection and Sourcing
Chickens for the Homestead We knew when we started this journey that we wanted chickens. Their role in the homestead ecosystem cannot be understated and the sound of happy chickens doing their thing around the place is a really wonderful part of the experience. If like us you’ve looked into chickens beyond “the chickens the […]
Incubating Round 2: Coturnix Quail
It begins…again Okay…so… We did a thing. Obviously we weren’t traumatised enough from the first round of quail. Spur of the moment, we bought four dozen quail eggs from a breeder in East Maitland; Fluffy Butt Farms. They were absolutely amazing, they even delivered the eggs to us the same day we contacted them! They […]
Incubating Round 1: Coturnix Quail
Currently the quail eggs are also in lockdown, how ironic! They have just started pipping which has finally motivated another blog post, so here we are. In preparation for the arrival of our fertile Crested Cream Legbar chicken eggs in mid October, we thought it would be best to have an idea of the incubation […]
Space to sprawl…
Space to sprawl… One of our takeaways from our first year in the garden was that some of the vegetables we love to eat take up way too much space to grow in our raised garden beds efficiently. So we decided to build a sprawling bed outside the protection of our enclosed garden and run […]
The story to far…
Our first year in the garden We are two passionate gardeners and makers from Newcastle in NSW on the east coast of Australia. We have a keen interest in subsistence gardening, preserving, handcrafts and making the most of the semi-rural quarter-acre block of land we live on. We are using this post to catch you […]