Shady overflow channel at the back of our pond.
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Ceramic pukeko garden ornaments. (Made by Kevin Kilsby in NZ.)
· landscaping
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This morning I whipped up a dirt sifter out of a 2x4, a bit of hardware cloth, and other scraps of lumber, to enable things like more easily harvesting potatoes. 🔨
· building · GardenEquipment
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On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update, with the return of the old shelter, and more! #Caturday 🐈
· cats · Caturday
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On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update. The key to posting every day is a routine! #mbnov #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
· chickens · ducks · FlockFriday · mbnov
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A special throwback for Halloween: carved pumpkins from 2002, with my old Dejal logo, and Jenn’s Jidabug face. 🎃 #ThrowbackThursday
· holiday · ThrowbackThursday
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It’s below freezing overnight now, so I’ve put out the hummingbird feeder heater, the heated dog bowl, and the heated cat bowl. Plus the chickens and ducks have water heaters, too, all to prevent the water from freezing. ❄️
· birds · cats · dogs · ice
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On the homestead blog: added a couple more project summaries, about the greenhouse and trees.
· summary
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A bee. 🐝
· bees · flowers
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Fascinating patterns of frost on the car this morning. ❄️
· vehicles · weather
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Sunny weather yesterday, then clouds rolled in, a rainbow, a crash of thunder, hailstones, and heavy rain. This morning, below freezing and clear. ☀️🌈⛈❄️
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Another bonus Caturday post of a goofy Paladin. 🐈
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Bonus Caturday post with closeups of Pippin. 🐈
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On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday 🐈
· cats · Caturday
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On the homestead blog: your weekly flock update! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
· chickens · ducks · FlockFriday
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For the final post in my throwback series of low-res pictures from our NZ house, some front yard landscaping from the year 2000, putting in flowerbeds, and replacing the grass with more beds and paths. #ThrowbackThursday
· landscaping · NewZealand · ThrowbackThursday
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On the homestead blog: I couldn’t resist; I made a new animated GIF of four cats outside.
· cats · gif
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Using a pond rake, that has a float attached, to scoop out a bunch of leaves from our pond. Leaves are a natural part of the ecosystem, but they reduce the oxygen in the pond as they break down, which isn’t great for the fish.
· GardenEquipment · pond
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Silhouetted trees at sunset. 🌲🌅🌲
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A deer enjoying the grass behind the workshop.
· deer · wildlife
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