Bringing in the sheep

Bringing the sheep into the yards is just a call away. Because I move them most days they will follow me quite a way (as long as they are not too hungry and there is not too much food along the way).

Convolvulus Hawk Moth Caterpillar

This guy is so beautiful -found it on my kumara. Hopefully it pupates in time for winter. I am harvesting my kumara now so will need to put it next to some Convolvulus. 

Kaanga Ma

Winter goodness waiting to be hung from the roof.

Seed sieves

Just showing off a new toy from Crafty Gatherer. Thanks Tess and Marco.

It has made sorting seeds much easier.

Winter cover up

As I harvest in the autumn a cloak of green manure is sown to cover any bare earth.

This cloak will;
-out compete weeds,
- keep fungi strong (as the mycellium can only stay alive for a short time in the soil without their host -plants),
- maintain a good soil structure by stopping weathering, holding soil together with roots and those of fungi they host,
- providing shelter for soil insects, food for decomposers like worms when mulched and provide nutrients/mulch for next springs plantings (this green manure is lupin and broad beans for corn crops).