I thought this week I would let the pics do the talking. We have been so busy planting, weeding, feeding, sowing and caring for all those chooks and chicks at Frog Pond Farm.
And as the boys (hubby and brother) wanted to go fishing on the weekend without me, it was only fair that they had a list of things to do … starting with cleaning Chook Towers! Mean, who me?
Lucky chooks!
The chickadees who wouldn’t stand still are nearly 2 weeks old!
Frog Pond Farm in spring time
Garlic madness
Green, green and more green – Luisa plums in the orchard
Paper wasp … he will sting, but he will also pollinate
Togetherness
We were out and about today …
Nature looking good …
At Raewyn’s … Heritage Farm
Happy gardening!
All looking very lush and verdant. What’s the implement leaning up against the garlic bed?
Hey Anne, it is a broad fork. Great to use after removing greenery to aerate and lift the soil. I use it sparingly now, as I dislike disturbing the soil and it’s micro life.
Beautiful!
Thank you so much Lizzie! Hugs
Stunning pics Julie! X
Thank you Mr Duttson! So pleased you like them. Hugs back at you 🙂
I truly enjoy watching your pictures, very beautiful! 🙂
Oh Josephine, coming from you that is very very special! Thank you
What a glorious Spring you have – easy to see why you let these amazing photos do the talking.
Hi … yes it is a glorious spring. Thanks for the lovely comment and stopping by 🙂
Madame Julie, it all looks so lush- all that green. And your garlic look much happier than mine. Your fruit trees are at the same stage. Do you need to net them? We are bout to do the netting before the birds get there. Thank goodness for a bit of blog distraction- otherwise our gardens may hold us to ransom all day.
Hello Miss! Great to see you. Yes so very lush, probably cos it rains all the time. LOL .. The garlic is doing famously, although I did note a wee bit of rust the other day. Still I’ll be hauling it out soon. Yes I net those trees. We have loads of wild turkeys who think our orchard is their supermarket. Drive me nuts! Especially when I spend so much time tending those trees. Ah, how good is the blogging world Francesa? 🙂
The blogging world is fab- an excuse to sit down and chat with the like minded. Your wild turkeys sound like our ccokatoos. Bastidios be gone!
Great shots Julie. Like the trike.
Thanks Dallas … found a new tool on Lightroom! 🙂
Thanks all of that green did me a world of good- beautiful!
Glad to be of help Julie … I so enjoy your garden too!
Just lovely, Julie! All that green fortifies me ‘gainst the chill wind blowing outside are door 😉 Cheers, Ben
Thanks Ben … you make sure you ‘rug’ up won’t you? 🙂
Wow, lovely photos. I liked the little pig below the trike. It looks like summer is well underway. One question – did the boys really want to go fishing without you, or were you just as happy to stay and garden? Wonderful post! Take care.
Hello Bob! Thank you so much. I too like the little pig .. even if covered in cobwebs. Yes they did go fishing without me and I love being out in the boat! LOL Grumbled for a bit, but got loads done 🙂 Always good to know that you have stopped by!
Your husband and brother owe you! I’d make them bait the hook the next time you’re out!
LOL!
Superb photos. The colours burst though, and life abounds!
Hey Rajiv, are you back from your week away? Glad you like the pics … a mad jumble of pics this week. Lots of colour – life is great! 🙂
Hi Julie, yeah. Just back… Now I need to figure out which of the 2,000 odd pictures I want to work on!
Great photos Julie. I am waiting on my 35 chicks to hatch this week and I presume that it is going to be keeping me busy along with a little girl who is just about crawling. Gardening will have to stay to my afternoons.
Hey lizzie .. Glad you liked the pics. Yes I think your 35 chicks will keep you busy! Isla is crawling now .. Wow! Gardening in the afternoons sounds like a plan 🙂
Hey Julie another glorious post. Plenty of activity and colour – wonderful.. and hard work too.
(Love Raj’s comment).
Things are busy here too!!
You’re going to have some wonderful bounty very soon, if not already.
Cute, chickies, piglets and very pretty flowers. Fan-tastic!!!
Your pictures speak wonderfully!!
Well thank you Miss! 🙂 Loads of activity – something to do with the copious amounts of rain. Love Rajiv’s comment too. Bounty on the way … Glad you enjoyed those pics lovely 😀
Wow, your place is just majestic Julie, love to see more of it. It is a place of dreams (and upkeep no doubt). Nice to see the expanding flock too. Enjoy your weekend, MM 🍀
Oh thank you MM! A place of dreams … sigh, that is such a nice thing to say. Yes loads of upkeep – was at the oesteo this am to prove it. Silly me … You enjoy your weekend too!
Beautiful photographs! Such fabulous colors!
Thank you so much …
What a lovely series of photos. How many acres do you have to work with at Frog Pond Farm?
Hi Cynthia .. Glad you like the photos. Frog pond farm is about 8 acres, rather hilly and a bit wild! 🙂
OK. How much of it do you use for gardens and farm creatures?
Garden and sheep and chooks and house would be about 5 acres. 🙂
It sounds quite manageable. Is it?
My in-laws had a 100-acre farm and we came to realize that it was the first 5 or so acres that we used regularly. the rest was crops. But it was nice to walk down into the maple woods, especially in the autumn.
I love your updates. Thank you.
You are so welcome. This place keeps us busy 🙂
cute fellows 🙂
🙂
I like the luminosity and the power of the green ! The bike is splendid 😉
Oh thank you so much. I really liked that pic too .. 🙂
How very blessed you are to be where you can have all these things together! It must be a lot of work, but a sort of soul cleansing work that makes it all worthwhile.
Do you name your chickens? My grandchildren name their chickens, and they give huge beautiful eggs every day.
Hi Beth … thank you. Oh boy it is such a lot of work but very soul cleansing indeed. I love my garden and watching it grow is absolutely worthwhile. Tastes pretty good too 🙂 No I don’t name all my chickens, but there are several that are. Soon to the line-up will be a new rooster – he’s a teenager at present. But I shall think up a good name for the lad. Eggs from your own chooks are simply the best!
Hi, I love the photographs of the white wisteria and the paper wasp.
Thank you 🙂 the wisteria was quite beautiful. And the paper wasp .. A handsome chap !