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Setting up raised garden beds in the greenhouse at present. Using #hugelkultur and #WormFarm elements to enhance soil life. Natural basalt soil is topped off with homemade compost for added #compostodon goodness. #FairyBootFarm, Lutruwita (Tasmania).

Mini worm farm. A capped white PVC pipe protrudes from a raised garden bed.

Various sized pieces of wood and a white PVC pipe rest on red soil inside a corrugated garden bed not yet topped off with soil and compost.

Harvested 10.5 kg of #Yacon tubers. Dehydrated some (delicious) and juiced the remainder to make syrup. Reduced 4 litres of juice to 500 mL syrup. This will be used as a sweetener and can also be used to activate yeast. The sugar in yacon (fructooligosaccharide) has no effect on blood glucose levels and acts as a prebiotic.
#FairyBootFarm #Diabetes

Hot air rises & so does our washing.
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Photograph of washing being hung on an indoor drying rack. A man in a beanie hangs the final sock on the line, which is at shoulder height.

Photograph of indoor drying rack that has been hoisted up to a high ceiling via a pulley system. A large brick masonry heater is nearby.

The hive has been packed down for winter here at #FairyBootFarm. First batch of mead is well underway. Some of the girls are still out and about. #Beekeeping #FlowHive

Photo of a bee exploring the inside of a protea flower. Darker pink/red petals frame a centre of massed yellow strands tipped with pink.

Our first Autumn with a beehive. Lots of learning has culminated in our first honey harvest. The bees have done their thing despite our bumbling efforts. Up next: learning to make mead! #FairyBootFarm #Beekeeping #FlowHive

Photograph of four glass jars with honey flowing into them from frames supported at a tilt in a honey super (wooden box). The honey in each jar is a slightly different colour.

Trying a new composting method. The photo is of the layers after 2 weeks of collecting organic matter, and just prior to turning into the bin again. Keen to see if this works, as I'm breaking lots of composting rules!
#compostodon #FairyBootFarm

Photo of a pile of compost material, showing multiple distinct layers. The pile is resting on a blue tarp.

First-ever harvest of saffron at #FairyBootFarm. I've wanted to grow this for a long time. Clearly won't be giving up my day job just yet.

Photograph of a single Crocus sativus flower in full bloom. Six purple petals, delicately veined with subtle shades ranging from light to dark, surround a bright yellow centre.

Photograph of three delicate strands of saffron lay criss-crossed on the palm of a hand.

We’ve been getting lots of spinach and tomatoes from the polytunnel, but today’s harvest is slightly different. #FairyBootFarm #Beans

Photograph of a small bowl of green peas, beside which are multicoloured Borlotti beans and a pile of Speckled Cranberry beans that are coloured green and purple.

Photograph of Borlotti beans at various stages of readiness. They range in colour from pale green, through pink, to fully dried beans that are cream with purple speckles.

Female katydid taking a stroll in the kitchen at #FairyBootFarm this morning.

Meadow Katydid walking on the top edge of a wooden cutting board. Her ovipositor is extended straight to the left of frame, and she is walking slightly uphill to the right.

I almost can't believe this, but there is at least one platypus living in one of the dams on #FairyBootFarm ! Absolutely delighted by this discovery 😍.

A photograph of a platypus swimming on the surface of a dam. Ripples fringe the edge of the water.

Grainy photograph of platypus in rippling grey water. The platypus' bill is pointing to the lower left side of the photo.

Another discovery in the gardens of #FairyBootFarm today: an app tells me this is Persian Lilac.

Photograph of a large cluster of small flowers, each one divided into four purple petals outlined in white.

Still finding new (to us) flowers in the garden at #FairyBootFarm. Today's glorious bloom is some sort of Iris. #BloomScrolling

Close up photograph of an Iris flower: a crown of delicately-veined pink petals rise up from drooping petals with bright yellow centres. Curving purple stripes lead to deep purple at the tips of the petals.

Sunday morning breakfast straight from the garden at #FairyBootFarm. Sizzle is courtesy of homemade cow's milk butter that I received as a trade for some milk grain kefir. #SelfSufficiency doesn't occur in a vacuum.

Sizzling in a saucepan are some halved red cherry tomatoes, a bunch of green spinach and an egg with a golden yolk.

Three-Cornered Leek, (un)popularly known as Onion Weed is flourishing in our paddock at present. I've been using it fresh in cooking, and am experimenting with fermenting, pickling, and dehydrating it. Today I'm caramelising a large bunch in the slow cooker. #FairyBootFarm #foraging

A sink full of three-cornered leek: green stems tangled with white flowers.

Winter flowers at #FairyBootFarm

A trio of suspended glass vases hold clusters of yellow flowers. In the background dark clouds loom behind tall trees.

Plenty of water about this winter on #FairyBootFarm

Wide creek seen between trees and shrubs.

Home, sweet home. #FairyBootFarm

A double rainbow arches up and away from a stand of trees. A driveway disappears between trees on the right.

Bought some NFC Tags to play with. First use case: linking to favourites recipes rather than searching through recipe bookmarks. Now looking for an attractive way to organise them...
#FairyBootFarm goes high-tech 😂

A round white tag labelled "Chicken Stock (Instant Pot)" rests on someone's fingertips.

Having fun using #Excalidraw in #Obsidian to create garden planting maps at #FairyBootFarm. I'm also using a simple dataview query to automate planting and harvesting logs. #PKM

Simple garden bed plan showing planting positions of garlic, beetroot, coriander, daikon radish and perpetual spinach.

Shrooms at #FairyBootFarm

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