Waterloo Farm: a self-sufficient blog

Foxy Loxy in the Garden

Nigel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:58:21 +0000

A first for The Farm today was spotting a fox sussing out the land. Looks kinda cute at the moment, but I know I won’t be so impressed when we have chickens! My neighbour’s chicken run is...

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Ditch Work - Preparing the Land

Nigel — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:21 +0000

Since we have owned The Farm, one side of our land has a disused drainage ditch (a new one now runs behind it) and the ditch is not only deep in place, but has piles of rubbish hidden in forests of...

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Deer Damage

Nigel — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:44:51 +0000

The Roe Deer is the next culprit in our Wildlife Strikes Back series. Apparently the Buck’s (Males) are rutting and a response to this period is to rub their antlers (which can also be itchy)...

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Rabbit Damage

Nigel — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:22:15 +0000

Well we appear to have rather been overrun with Rabbits at the moment! We throw the curtains back in the morning and there they are all are, munching our trees and digging holes in the grass. Talking...

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Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) Attack

Nigel — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:25:38 +0000

The first of ‘The Wildlife Strikes Back’ is the Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae! They are actually very pretty to look at, ranging from black to petrol in colour. However, the damage they cause...

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The Wildlife Strikes Back

Nigel — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:37:30 +0000

Eeekk! The Wildlife is striking back…from Rabbits, to Leaf Beetles and Roe Deer they are all having a go!! More to follow when I have time to prep the pictures of mass destruction

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Picea Omorika: Serbian Spruce Our Living Christmas Tree!

Nigel — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:25:55 +0000

How cool is this bright purple Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce) cone! It is hard to tell how small these little cones really are, but the next picture with Tammy standing next to the tree will...

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Grass Cutting at Waterloo Farm

Tammy — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:39:18 +0000

At Waterloo Farm we have a lot of grass and it has been somewhat of a dilemma as to the best way to go about cutting it! This may sound like a pretty stupid statement - surely you just get a ride-on...

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Being a Kitchen Gardener!

Tammy — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:39:55 +0000

One of the things we are most excited about living at Waterloo Farm is being able to grow our own fruit and veg. On our garden design we know exactly where our ‘kitchen garden’ is going...

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The ‘Joys’ of a Septic Tank!!

Tammy — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:25:23 +0000

Now that we are ‘country folk’, we are also the ‘proud’ owners of our very own septic tank, which basically means we are not on mains drainage. Having never had a septic tank...

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