Raising Worms

Raising Worms

Raising Worms… A great way to give chickens regular protein is to raise your own meal worms. There are two ways of doing this. You can buy some meal worms and then start a meal worm farm, or you can catch flies – I’ll do another post on this some time soon. Meal worms...
Probiotic, Fermented Animal Feed

Probiotic, Fermented Animal Feed

Probiotics for Animals… Animals benefit just as much from fermented foods and drinks as people do. Especially if they arent free-range (meaning their normal diet is restricted), or if they are given medicines like antibiotics etc and are fed on processed animal...
Onion Learnings

Onion Learnings

Onion Learnings… It’s taken years to be able to grow consistently large and abundant onions, from plugs (seedlings) or direct from seed, but I got there!  I try to pick veg a season that I really, really research, experiment with and master and this seems...
The Reality of Living Off-Grid

The Reality of Living Off-Grid

The Reality of Off-Grid Living… Finding it weird when there are ‘normal’ toilets to use. Finding yourself more often than you’d think crawling about in animal muck one way or another. Having your day hijacked by some animal disaster/ escapee /...
Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid

Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid

Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid… I have been living off-grid now for almost 6yrs, but it was a dream for many, many years before that. Even as a teen I loved the idea of it and by the time I was in my 20’s I dreamed of some sort of off-grid (as much as you...
Fermented Chicken Food

Fermented Chicken Food

Fermented Chicken Food I have been getting a lot of questions about this recently, so I thought I’d make a quick post about it. Basically, the benefits of fermenting your chickens food are about the same as they are for fermenting human food. It becomes more nutrient...

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