Some photos for those of you that do not follow us on facebook to see what we have been upto over the winter. We have been preparing beds for the summer, tidying up the land and working on the straw bale house. Check out the photos.
Our friend Danny built us a stone wall behind our house consisting of seats and a BBQour new chicken food forest is coming aliveCleared a part of our land by our well that was full of brambles, revealing an orange tree and two rows of grape vinesSummer vegetables growingSwales filling up from rainGarlic growing in raised beds, sunken beds and wood chip beds, which willl do best?Garlic, onions, cabbages and brocoli coming aliveI made a mold for making bulk soap to sellI made window frames for the new houseThe fruit trees started bloomingGrafted some treesOur chickens finished their winter rest and started laying againPlanted a bed of asparagus, this plant lives for 25 years and keep givinghome made Clementine marmaladeFinishing touches on the natural buildingWe made a lot of compostStarted weaving a wall to give some privacy at the solar showerA new compost binWe made dinner on a bonfireOur first food forest in the olive grove is coming aliveWe had a pizza party in stone ovenI made my firs wooden spoonsAshley planted a new food forest consisting of cherry trees and other native treesWe made a new back to eden woodchip bedI learnt how ro use a router to make windowsWe planted a new vineyard so we can make our own wine in the futureMaking wood chips for our back to eden bedsWeeding the woodchip back to eden bedsLots and lots of cabbageMy aunt painted a fake window in the new community building to add some colorI built three doorsGave the strawbale house 5 coats of lime wash for a nice finishHarvesting food daily from the vegtable gardenAdding charcoal to the sheep’s bedding to improve soil
We stripped the bark of invasive mimosa trees to try and kill them off, we have planted avocado trees in their placePlants getting prepared for March’s food forest courseWe planted organic seeds of summer vegetables in the greenhouseOur friend Danny built us a stone wall behind our house consisting of seats and a BBQ
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