A caravan life
When we decided that we needed to be on the farm full-time, we did not even have a shed erected on the site. Council approvals and bad weather had delayed…
Happy Birthday Farm!
This weekend just gone we celebrated owning our farm for one year. We invited our friends down who had helped us in our first year, to help us celebrate. People…
A New Orchard
Before we bought our property one of the goals we set ourselves was to have an orchard with 100 trees – a nice round number selected for no other reason…
Obtain a Yield
The third permaculture principle is all about getting something in return for the energy and efforts you put into your endeavours. Which ever way you look at it, obtaining a…
Catch and Store Energy
The second permaculture principle is all about saving for a rainy day, or making hay while the sun shines. Whichever part of the world you find yourself in, rainy or…
Are ewe or aren’t ewe?
Some time ago we acquired six beautiful black faced Suffolk ewes with the intention of breeding them for meat - mainly for our own consumption, but perhaps with a little…
Livestock
Part of our reason for buying 40 acres is so that we can work towards a higher level of self-sufficiency. While I recognise that we will never be fully self-sufficient…
Jagged Crow Farm
It has finally happened. After three years of searching, looking, walking over blocks, thinking about what's important, setting criteria and reviewing possible purchases against that criteria, we have finally become…