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August 30, 2019chrissyb 6 Comments

I’ve subjected you to a few rather longwinded blog posts recently. So here, by way of a palate cleanser, is a pictorial essay I’m calling ‘The Farmlet in Winter’. Well that was winter. I have a couple more muddy tales… Continue Reading →

exmoor pony, farm life, guinea fowl, kunekunes, pigs, plant life, ponies, vegetable garden, winter

Green Ambition

August 3, 2019chrissyb 8 Comments

It all started with Deborah and I talking about what fun it would be to have a greenhouse. Imagine being able to grow basil all year round! How about early tomatoes? Frangipani? And, since my cunning plan to use the… Continue Reading →

ambition, gardening, greenhouse, moving, vegetable garden

It’s a Riot

October 16, 2017chrissyb 11 Comments

There’s a riot of green in the veggie patch just now, plants are falling all over each other as they jostle for space. Even though I expanded the food garden last year, right now it’s more crowded than an Auckland… Continue Reading →

gardening, plant life, spring, vegetable garden

Pesto Presto

June 12, 2017chrissyb 8 Comments

Ah well, here I am picking the last of the basil. The plants might stagger on for another few weeks yet, but as the nights get cooler their leaves are dropping and turning brown. It’s only a matter of time… Continue Reading →

food, recipes, vegetable garden, winter

Looking Hairy

May 28, 2017chrissyb 16 Comments

Here we are in autumn again. The nights are getting nippier and the ponies are getting fluffier. Summer grows a coat that is plush like a teddy bear. Bonnie just goes all Hairy Maclary on us. In the garden our summer veggie and fruit… Continue Reading →

autumn, bonnie, gardening, kaimanawa pony, orange grove, plant life, ponies, vegetable garden

Vampire Harvest

December 18, 2016chrissyb 8 Comments

It’s that time. Time to harvest the farmlet vampire deterrent crop. From the original 22 cloves, I harvested 17 bulbs. What happened to the other five is a mystery. Should I be looking for a crucifix wielding hedgehog nicknamed Buffy? Or just a… Continue Reading →

gardening, mythical creatures, pony poo, vegetable garden

Snail Patrol

September 19, 2016chrissyb 12 Comments

I like to think I’m a believer in the permaculture ethic of fair share, but really, enough is enough. Since my autumn planting of kale, the humans in this ecosystem have managed to scrounge only two meals from 12 plants. The rest was gobbled by gastropods. Northland snails… Continue Reading →

farm life, gardening, plant life, vegetable garden, vermin

Oma Rapiti!

August 29, 2016chrissyb 13 Comments

Look what we found in the study this morning. How it got into the house is a complete mystery (surely not the cat door?), but its presence certainly explains why Maisie was so restless at 3am. I think it’s just… Continue Reading →

farm life, vegetable garden

Bee Happy

August 24, 2016chrissyb 7 Comments

Yesterday was so warm and sunny here that it felt like spring. I was out working in the veggie garden, and so were the bees. It’s the first time I’ve seen them this far from the bee tree since the… Continue Reading →

bees, gardening, spring, vegetable garden, weather

Keep Calm and Carry Garlic

June 20, 2016chrissyb 17 Comments

Well dear Readers, having talked about our zombie defense prep, we now turn our attention to growing an effective vampire deterrent. You can never be too careful when you’re living out in the wilds of Northland, you know. All this to… Continue Reading →

autumn, gardening, mythical creatures, vegetable garden

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