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Pasture strip rotation day for the adult ducks and geese

Pasture strip rotation day for the adult ducks and geese

Pasture strip rotation day for the adult ducks and geese. #pasture #rotationalgrazing #ducks #muscovy #geese

Watermelons, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes

Watermelons, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes

Watermelons, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes... We finally transplanted a big batch of seedlings. Some were sown, some were gifted by a friend and some were from Agriloja. Here's hoping the stray cats dont ruin this patch. #hortaportugal #hortapermacultura #homestead

Siberian fighter: this Siberian pea shrub got accidentally cut close to the ground last year

Siberian fighter: this Siberian pea shrub got accidentally cut close to the ground last year

Siberian fighter: this Siberian pea shrub got accidentally cut close to the ground last year. I assumed it was gone but it's coming back this spring! #siberianpeashrub #caraganaarborescens #ervilhasiberiana #accidentalcoppice

Cutting back small amounts of vegetation around the plants in the berry patch

Cutting back small amounts of vegetation around the plants in the berry patch

Cutting back small amounts of vegetation around the plants in the berry patch. We're trying to mow it less this year, hoping it'll help keep the soil from getting so dry. Still need to ensure that our plants get some sunlight too. #cleaning

Balance circuit put together from stuff lying around in the garden

Balance circuit put together from stuff lying around in the garden

Balance circuit put together from stuff lying around in the garden. More fun (and more difficult) than it seems! #gardenplay #balancetraining

The ducklings and their mommy got a fresh nursery strip today

The ducklings and their mommy got a fresh nursery strip today

The ducklings and their mommy got a fresh nursery strip today. They grow up (and trash vegetation 😅) so fast! #ducks #ducklings #muscovy #rotationalgrazing

Setting up pheromone traps for processionary caterpillar moths

Setting up pheromone traps for processionary caterpillar moths

Setting up pheromone traps for processionary caterpillar moths. #processionarycaterpillar #lagartadopinheiro #thaumatopeapityocampa

Flowering feijoa

Flowering feijoa

Flowering feijoa. #floweringplant #floweringtree #feijoa

Two new future Muscovy mamas at work

Two new future Muscovy mamas at work

Two new future Muscovy mamas at work. #ducks #muscovy #broodyduck

Despite their best efforts, still no goslings 😕

Despite their best efforts, still no goslings 😕

Despite their best efforts, still no goslings 😕 #geese #broodygoose

Wild bee-looking orchid

Wild bee-looking orchid

Wild bee-looking orchid. #flowers #orchid #wildorchid

Beautiful artichokes! A wonderful harvest from our garden 🥰

Beautiful artichokes! A wonderful harvest from our garden 🥰

Beautiful artichokes! A wonderful harvest from our garden 🥰 #permacultureportugal #hortapermacultura #artichokes #homesteadlife

Egg switcheroo!

Egg switcheroo!

Egg switcheroo! We've been collecting (hopefully) fertilized Khaki Campbell eggs while waiting for one of the Muscovies to go broody. This lady was the winner, so today we took her eggs and replaced them with 18 Khaki Campbell ones. Let's see how it goes. #ducks #muscovy

Fun with irrigation repair today:

Fun with irrigation repair today:

Fun with irrigation repair today: * Fixed a leak in the main line, involving a trip through the very swampy side of the east swale * Patched 3 brushcutter-ed (hi David!) lateral lines * Unclogged countless partially or fully clogged sprinklers. Some of them had insects inside! All the regular sprinkler zones are

Work in progress to restart the irrigation system

Work in progress to restart the irrigation system

Work in progress to restart the irrigation system. Pictured: a lateral line leak that will need to be patched. #irrigation

Spreading grass seed & coffee grounds mix on bare soil at the beginning of grazing strip nr 4

Spreading grass seed & coffee grounds mix on bare soil at the beginning of grazing strip nr 4

Spreading grass seed & coffee grounds mix on bare soil at the beginning of grazing strip nr 4. #grass #rotationalgrazing

It's alive! The first plant to emerge in the comfrey patch

It's alive! The first plant to emerge in the comfrey patch

It's alive! The first plant to emerge in the comfrey patch. #comfreypatch

Cleaning the new berry patch and some of the access routes around it

Cleaning the new berry patch and some of the access routes around it

Cleaning the new berry patch and some of the access routes around it. #cleaning #berrypatch

Moved the ducks to a new strip and mowed the one previously in use

Moved the ducks to a new strip and mowed the one previously in use

Moved the ducks to a new strip and mowed the one previously in use. #ducks #rotationalgrazing

Fashionably late, the apple trees are starting to flower

Fashionably late, the apple trees are starting to flower

Fashionably late, the apple trees are starting to flower. #floweringtree #appletree

Mowing the playground

Mowing the playground

Mowing the playground. #cleaning #playground

Catching up with mulching for the recently planted trees

Catching up with mulching for the recently planted trees

Catching up with mulching for the recently planted trees. #mulch #planting

Mama duck & ducklings

Mama duck & ducklings

Mama duck & ducklings. They grow fast! #ducks #muscovy #ducklings

Sowed a small patch with zucchini (Costata Romanesco variety)

Sowed a small patch with zucchini (Costata Romanesco variety)

Sowed a small patch with zucchini (Costata Romanesco variety). It's overgrown with weeds and easy to neglect (in zone 3), but had a pile of manure on top 2.5 years ago and seems quite fertile. #sowing #zucchini #costataromanescozucchini

Flowering Spanish broom (Spartium junceum, giesta comum)

Flowering Spanish broom (Spartium junceum, giesta comum)

Flowering Spanish broom (Spartium junceum, giesta comum). #floweringplant #spanishbroom #spartiumjunceum #giestacomum