Back from traveling two days ago – a productive trip, but an absolutely long and arduous journey. Happy to be back to farm base. It’s only been a week, but the grass is noticeably greener. The quails have started crowing (signalling the abundance of eggs in forthcoming weeks). The dam and creek has started filling. … Read more
Farm fact – the speckled patterns on quail eggs are akin to fingerprints, unique to individual quail hens. It still amazes me. Each hen lays with the same pattern her entire life, like a built-in signature. I grew up eating quail eggs. It’s very common in Malaysia – we typically hard boil them, served with … Read more
Back to farm sweet farm after a busy work week. It was very productive. But there’s also work waiting at the farm – never-ending list that kept piling up – everything needing maintenance, repair and tending to. I’d fallen behind, but I’m slowly starting to restore order here. Finally got to the chicken coop today … Read more
There’s a quote I like: “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.” Paul Harvey said that. No matter how advanced we become, everything comes back to the land. I came back this weekend to … Read more
Yabbies – nature’s quiet critics. 🦞 Three years ago, I bought 67 tiny yabbies from a fishing tackle shop. They were destined as bait, but I added them to the small dam at my farm – an experiment of sorts to see if I could have a self-sustaining food source at the farm (they make … Read more