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(Not so!) Easy and relaxed gardening
I used to take gardening for granted - dig this up, move that, de-weed there, carry that. Did it all myself, with only major and heavy work undertaken by the gardener. What brought this home to me...
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Sick rooster
Early this morning at 6am, as I went outside to feed Solly's chickens (Solly is our mechanic/handyman), who free-range on our property and often visit my garden, I noticed that one of the roosters...
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We all have one...
Everybody that I know that keeps chickens has one. You know, one of those chickens that's a totally peculiar character and virtually NOTHING like all the other chickens. And I certainly have one. Or...
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October gardening
October is a time when the Celtis africana (White Stinkwood) stands proud with brand new foliage. It's a sure sign that summer is now here. One of my chores this past winter was trimming away some of...
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A bath and a clean nest
After Kiep's broodiness finished a couple of days ago, I decided she needed a bath after sitting on her golfball for almost a month. She looked decidedly drab and worse for the wear and needed a bit of...
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Green Tip #32 - Re-use your egg shells
Being the natural "hoarder that I am, I find it very difficult to throw anything away, so I have been using egg shells in various ways throughout the years. I'm also a bit Obsessive Compulsive, I just...
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Kiep, my Bantam
W&N watercolour of my Kiep as she was sitting on her nest I’m a free range chicken. I do what I want. I’m a free range chicken. I go where I want. I peck a little here. I peck a little there. I’m...
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Hurricane Sandy and birds
Devestation on the North Coast of South Africa after a storm in 2007With the whole world watching the progression and now, aftermath, of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast of America, my thoughts of...
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Green Tip #33 : Eggs to the rescue!
Pic from Debra Simmons on PinterestIf you have no antiseptic or healing cream at hand when you have a nasty bruise or cut, the best thing to use for rapid healing of the skin is an egg. It also helps...
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Kiep's first egg
Shortly after I had posted another painting of her and Artemis, saying that soon my hens would begin laying, Kiep walked into my Studio and summarily jumped up on one of my tables housing my Keyboard...
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Nutritional value of eggs
Nutritional Information• Two large eggs = ±155 calories.• Eggs contain the highest quality food protein known – it is often the standard by which all other proteins are judged.• Eggs are second only to...
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Spring-clean body and mind
Spring has sprung and as we move into summer, so has the time to detox and get yourself into tip top shape for summer. I know my chickens have already started, I can see them grazing more often than...
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Mom-to-be
It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it! - From the television show ‘The Golden Girls’ One of Solly’s hen’s (she’s four months old now), has made herself at home in my...
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Missy, the Hen
This is Missy, the newest addition to my menagerie in my Studio. She has the most gorgeous grey marbled feathers, and the cutest little hat on her head. From cross-Bantam-Silkie stock, she has the...
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'Tis the season for lost chicks
It's summer and everybody is broody! Solly's chickens have been hatching babies like mad, but the heavy rains and predators have been taking their toll. One of his hens hatched six little chicks but...
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Merry Christmas 2012!
The magic of Christmas is in the air and New Year is just round the corner. It’s the perfect time to take a break from work and cherish the warmth of the season.So, from Artemis, Kiep, Missy, Micky,...
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A whole new enterprise!
Eggs have been called “the cement that holds the castle of cuisine together.” Eggs, eggs, eggs…..I get six to eight eggs a day from my hens and after months of having had them for breakfast three times...
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French-style Omelette
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!” ― Mae West If you have found yourself over-indulging over the festive season, and the New Year's feast is still lying ahead! here's a light and airy...
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Happy 2013!
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who...
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Chicken calendar for the Chook-lover
You know that you’re addicted to chickens when…. You create an amazing calendar of them!(Dianne Ilka came up with this one!) Front coverMy 2013 Calendars are available for purchase now and you can find...
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