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30 thoughts on “Slowly but surely building a permaculture farm.”

  4. my kitchen compost drum got invaded by fly larvae (huge madgets) so 2 changes open: drown them and undertake them for fertilzer, or get animals to feed on them.
    Hmmm, decisions to make… consequences to avoid.

  7. Lol, yes, you look like a giraffe licked you! Your wife let you out of the house like that? Progress is progress! Man the chickens loved those beetles!

  8. Unless you have a large investment, it's impossible to have all of your infrastructure in place before you start, so don't worry. Also, the rate of change on the farm is so rapid that any initial build would be quickly out of date and need to be redone. What you are doing is absolutely fine for you, juggling so many different aspects to get the right feel and flow, while keeping everyone and everything happy and healthy.

  10. Btw try to give the chickens a range of diverse gravels and grits. When they grind their food in the giblet, you get some good rock dust out in their poop. Basalt and granite are really good.

  11. Done is better than perfect, agree with just taking on new projects even if your setup is not perfect because it will never be perfect.

  13. Looks like the chooks were happy devouring the mealworms and beetles so that is a nice source of protein for them. Soon I think you will be able to source most of their feed from your farm and only need to buy miniman amounts of feed just to make sure they get all the needed nutrients. Maybe you can even look in to a dense nutrien suppllement of done sorts if the chickens get enough calories from farm sourced foods

  15. Danou, you are always worried that you're not doing enough!! You and the guys have accomplished so much. Started following you before Christmas….so much has happened. Don't beat yourself up!! : )

  18. probably you got this suggestion already, but Richard Perkins (permaculture farm in Sweden) mobile chicken coop is something you should look into and his techniques of fencing of boars in sections of forest and moving them along so they work the ground. Climate is obviously somewhat different, predators also, but this is something you can take as a good foundation and adapt it for yourself.

  23. Carefull with the beetles. As a child, we used to feed may beetles to chickens, but the farmers were not happy as the eggs tasted like the beetles.

  24. Ja, if only things would move faster hey! lol… Slow and steady brother! You are already flying at this rate!

    Those pumpkins are really impressive!! Well done! Everything is falling into place nicely!

  27. All those escaping meal bugs had me squirming. Your hens are so versatile made me laugh seeing them pecking away in the back of the Ute. Like others have said danou your doing really well just remember to try and enjoy the journey.

  29. Happy chickens getting lots of insects to eat. As you've said before, if you spend too much time planning the perfect permaculture interventions, nothing gets done. Congratulations on all the progress you've made while also going to work.

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