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24.01.2022 Rupert's coffee art is improving in leaps and bounds

24.01.2022 Mickey will need a bowl of cream to get rid of the taste of those mucky paws... straight in from the cowshed!!

23.01.2022 Over winter the chooks are going to help us prepare the soil for the summer veggie garden. They have hay down on the ground to scratch and poop in and an area of pasture full of clover to keep their eggs tasty and delicious. Once they're done weeding and fertilising, the piglets will move in to losen up the soil while the chooks head out to strip graze with the cows in Spring .

23.01.2022 Super easy chook feeder to make out of old guttering. It's easy to clean and can be made any height off the ground. It doesn't fall over and you can make it as long as needed to suit your flock size.

22.01.2022 Hatching this Saturday and available as day olds... Australorps (10 - blue and splash) and Pekin Bantams (15 - mix of colours incl. Millefleur, silver partridge and mottle black and blue) ... We also have brooder boxes for sale See more

22.01.2022 The Karoolalla 'Chook Husband Of The Year Award' for 2020 goes to Fabio . He is always surrounded by a posse of adoring wives , he hardly ever crows and he quashes any matriachal infighting instantly. Plus he's a good grub provider and best of all he likes his humans too

22.01.2022 The Hen house... complete with spiral perch, swing pole and 6 nesting boxes....and it's a rooster free zone ...just the girls hanging out

22.01.2022 In the search for good research supporting the habitual use of apple cider vinegar (Ascetic acid) in chooks water and feed, this article seems very helpful https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170041/ It shows that ascetic acid is useful in the control of Emeria tenella that causes coccidiosis in chooks. ... Regardless of any benefits, the use of vinegar should be avoided in hot weather as over consumption can lead to acidosis.

21.01.2022 Breakfast is absolutely my favourite meal. This morning we're spoiling ourselves with three courses including home grown asparagus, grapefruit, strawberries and eggs....YUM

21.01.2022 If, like us, you have broodies left, right and centre, the best thing for it is 'day old chicks' . Pop a few under your broody Mum overnight and see her excitement when she wakes up to the surprise in the morning. We have bubs hatching weekly and are happy to take back any boys if you can't have roosters where you live.

21.01.2022 Little hoodlums!!!

20.01.2022 Gorgeous little bantam australorp bubs hatching at the moment. Message us if you'd like some fluffy little butts. Black, blue and splash available. These are unsexed but we're happy to take back any boys if you can't have roosters. Otherwise we have gauranteed girls at 3 weeks old. These bubs will require heat for about 4 weeks. Please see our ad for brooder boxes. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2160231194269486/

20.01.2022 Old car tyre recycling idea . The girls love their dust bath but next time we'll use a truck tyre so they don't have to line up

20.01.2022 4 eggs Benny and a bucket O' Latte...my fave breakfast (mind they are only bantam eggs ) 'Low carbers' look away, no croissants to see here

20.01.2022 Blueberries in store again this weekend. $12 for half a kilo Locally grown, chemical free and biodegradable packaging

20.01.2022 Three little maids and a handsome lad heading to Hobart today. Hope they packed their ski gear

20.01.2022 The various poses of a lazy cat...

19.01.2022 Co-parenting chooks can be troublesome but these two glamorous mummies are doing a stirling job

19.01.2022 The princess and the pea

18.01.2022 On the breakfast menu, for the chooks this morning, is freshly baked tumeric frittata with a crunchy, roasted eggshell topping.

18.01.2022 The flowers of the onion family are like little ready made bouquets

18.01.2022 Pretty much everything in this house doubles as a cat bed

18.01.2022 We're trialing a spiral perch configuration in the Pekinville cubby house. It mimics a natural tree while maximising space without creating hard to reach nooks and poop bomb zones.

18.01.2022 Miss Dolly brought a mouse in last night but it got away from her . It took her all night to catch it again so she has, understandably, taken herself back to bed for a few hours this morning

17.01.2022 Found poor Bazza, the mottled roo, wondering around, lonely and forlorn.... calling out to hens that didn't come.... This would be why...all gone broody at the same time!

17.01.2022 in the shop today Herbs: basil, sage, chives, rosemary, parsley, thyme, oregano, aloe vera, vietnamese mint, borage, comfrey Veg/fruit: tomatoes (yellow pear, red totem), youngberry, asparagus, gooseberry, fig tree... Flowers: viola (china blue, lydia grove and labradorica), geranium, fuchsia, zygocacti Fresh, home grown, chemical free garlic Succulents, gifts, books, jams and condiments too Lalla Road Daily 9 till 6 Cash or transfer

17.01.2022 Funny how many sayings come from the farm... Its a windy day today so the cows are 'keeping a low profile'

17.01.2022 The winter veggie seedlings are in and the garlic cloves are planted...now to see what Autumn 2021 in Tassie brings . Be sure to get your seedlings in soon, while the ground is still warm, to give them a head start before the cold sets in. For what to plant now, here is Peter Cundall's Tassie planting guide... https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/07/07/2296755.htm

17.01.2022 Some lovely boys Please private message for details Colours are lemon cuckoo, buff columbian cuckoo, silver birchen (blue and black), black cuckoo and blue mottle

15.01.2022 With six new attentive wives, Barry has pretty much forgotten all about his ex-wives dumping him for babies

15.01.2022 A rare moment of collaboration as M & D set up the breakfast blockade . No human shall pass without first putting food in our bowls

14.01.2022 Bubs are never far from Mum

14.01.2022 I think we'll be finding a few eggs laid in the cowshed from now on!

14.01.2022 When I see 'our' bees foraging on the flowers we've planted, I feel like a mum who's baked her kids a chocolate cake!!!

13.01.2022 OPEN TODAY For last minute Christmas shopping

12.01.2022 Bill and Ted would like to find a new home please. They are very tame and cuddly and are pure bred, black mottle, Pekin Bantams. About 3 months old.

12.01.2022 Little Felix arrived early yesterday morning . All the girls were swooning over him and giving him lots of welcome to the world licks. Mumma is proud as punch and very relaxed.

11.01.2022 Garlic haul out of one small raised garden bed!!

11.01.2022 In the shop today.... Seedlings - snap peas, french beans, butternut and rhubarb (2.50 each) Tomatoe seedlings - red totem (truss cherry) and yellow pear ($3 each or 4 for $10)... Plants - fig tree, lemongrass, sunflowers, vietnamese mint, cape gooseberry, blackcurrant, aloe vera, strawberry, lavender. Flowers - geraniums, poppy, viola, zygocactus, lambs ears Jade and other succulents. Plus seeds, books, DVDs, jams, relish and local handmade goodies.

11.01.2022 If you're looking for an excellent trailing pot plant this Grey Blob is a winner . We have it growing in these two vintage wheel barrows that are a challenge to keep moist and fertilised. It spreads well and is tough and hardy but looks soft and inviting

10.01.2022 You just can't get the staff around here... look at this guy sleeping on the job AGAIN!

10.01.2022 Finally the old punching bag has been put to good use! Rupert covered it in astroturf and hung it securely outside the cowshed. Mouse is the first to work out what to do with it

10.01.2022 Easily my all time favourite thing about tassie winters is seeing these two contented fur balls snuggled up in front of the fire

10.01.2022 Available in the shop Open daily till 6pm Freshly picked, chemical free, locally grown blueberries from Honeywood Farm. ... 500g packed in biodegradable packaging $14 while stocks last and we are also able to take orders. Cash or direct transfer to the farm available

10.01.2022 Karoolalla Farmgate is open 7 days from 10 till sundown. We have some great seasonal produce including a medley of cherry tomatoes and delicious Cape Gooseberries. Also available is sweetcorn, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, capsicum, chilli, green beans, onions, cellery and garlic. Some items are freshly picked so just toot your horn for service.... We also have fresh eggs but these sell out fast so be quick. 548 Lalla Road, Karoola

09.01.2022 This is Mrs Buff's fifth season of raising babies. She is a superb mum She journied down to Tasmania with us as a young pullet 4 years ago. Seeing her here with five surrogate silver laced wyndotte bubs just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy Moments like this are bags of pure gold dust!!!

09.01.2022 I am often asked why I grow things that are cheap to buy in the shops?? Growing edibles is not a cheaper way to put food on your table nor does it necessarily result in foods with higher nutrient levels but it DOES help you control how many chemicals you are inadvertantly eating. Onion bulbs are great at storing chemicals and toxins so growing your own puts you back in control .

08.01.2022 Dudley and his Dun chocolate ladies have just moved into their new flash digs with a view, out in the paddock

08.01.2022 Can't speak....eating!

08.01.2022 In spite of some early trepidation, Mini and Tinkerbell loaded up into their chariot this afternoon to be whisked away for a 'date month' with their prince charming, Ragner the Red Angus Bull. Ragner was very happy to meet his two new concubines and bellowed to them romantically

08.01.2022 Happy birthday to me ... the people in my life know me very well!!

08.01.2022 ... and so it begins, breeding season has officially started! I must admit I have thoroughly enjoyed the winter break but can't wait for the pitter patter and cheep cheep of chickies again

06.01.2022 The sunflower harvest is in Looks like the sparrow's left us a few...one greedy winged piggy ate so many it had to hop away down the path because it couldn't get airborne!!

06.01.2022 In the summer edible garden...

06.01.2022 As we were so busy building up our "layer ladies" team this summer, we didn't get a chance to hatch many pekin bantams. This little lass is one of only a handful we've raised and I'm so in love with her. She is a Dun Chocolate Silver Partridge...a very fancy name for a very pretty girl

06.01.2022 In the shop today Seedlings - french beans, zucchini, cucumber (lebanese), sugar snap pea and snow pea ($2.50 per punnet) Herbs - thyme, basil, rosemary, vietnamese mint, aloe vera ($3 each)... Other plants - mulberry, youngberry, strawberry, jostaberry, black currants (various prices) Flowers - primula, petunia, viola, poppy, zygocactus ($3 each) Grasses - lomandra, dianella, dietes ($3 each) Lalla Road, Karoola. Please hoot for service

05.01.2022 Miss Petal Wideload is looking a bit lopsided . With her bub due in the next few weeks she has become very placid and docile. Every day, she and her companions get a breakfast of lucern chaff, a lunch of hay and an 'eat as much as you like' from the grass smorgasbord.

05.01.2022 Caring for a broody hen Broody hens are sitting ducks for mites and lice. Here is how I look after my girls while they're hatching bubs DAY1 Trim feathers from around and below their vent to prevent poo build up... Treat with Ivermectin and Pestene DAILY Remove broody poos daily Check eggs for signs of mites crawling around Ensure mum has fresh, clean food and water at all times DAY 18 Spray a liquid pest repelant, such as Vetafarm Avian Insect Liquidator, under mum's vent and wings. A liquid spray ensures chicks aren't hatching into pestene dust that can cause lung issues for them This proceedure will help ensure mum stays in good condition throughout the incubation period and that chicks hatch into a healthy, pest free nest

05.01.2022 Living gifts for your sweet Valentine We are open today, tomorrow and Sunday. Cnr Lalla and Karoola Roads... 10 till 6 See more

05.01.2022 Berries galore Youngberries, raspberries, black currants, strawberries, jostaberries and mulberries available in the shop today $5 to $15

04.01.2022 Glorious Gazanias ... plant in full sun for best flowering.

04.01.2022 After the wintery blasting we received over the weekend these young Australorps are enjoying a hot dust bath.

04.01.2022 In the shop today Seedling punnets ($2.50 each): bush beans, sweetcorn, beetroot and broccoli. Herbs: rosemary, comfrey, borage, vietnamese mint, lemon grass, applemint, peppermint, aloe vera... Edibles: asparagus, fig trees, cape gooseberries, strawberries, tomatoes (yellow pear and red totem truss cherry), black currant, jostaberry Flowers: Sunflowers, geranium, viola, camelia, fuchsia, zygocacti Grasses: lomandra, dianella, dietes, poa We have some lovely handmde gifts and potted succulents too plus jams, relish and other goodies. Lalla Road, Karoola Open 9 to 6 Cash or transfer accepted.

03.01.2022 The bee hotel renovations are complete!! Tomorrow a young queen is moving in along with a little tribe of minions to do her bidding

03.01.2022 We rely on our weather apps to help us schedule farm jobs and plan animal care, making sure they are comfortable in all conditions. Today the Weather Channel is playing silly buggers! Who can tell me what's wrong with this picture?

01.01.2022 We have lots of lovely plants available from the greenhouse at the moment. Prices in the pics...something for everyone

01.01.2022 The big move has happened!! After 4 years living right outside our living room window, the Australorp house has been refurbished into a chook tractor and towed out into the new paddock . The move caused some momentary confusion but they all seemed happy with the new living arrangements by the end of day two

01.01.2022 Little Vorwerk bubbas hatching today. So excited to have these beautiful birds joining our flock I'd like to thank the breeder, Sharon Cozens. The eggs we bought from her were reasonably priced and fertility and hatchability has been 100%