Friday, August 21, 2009
DA GOATS ARE IN DA HOUSE!!!
Had fun making a little video today, and the goats had HEAPS of fun. I think they'll be up for making some more. Have a few interesting locations lined up for the next ones. Have stayed up WAY too late working on this video though. Short - but very time consuming....
Haven't done anything major in the garden recently, psyching myself up for the next onslaught. THE PLAN....is to start the next phase of my gardening, and plant all the seeds I've been collecting. Been cleaning up my little courtyard, which got a bit messy inn the process of making guinea pig cages there. It will be my nursery next.
Have collected about a million pots of all shapes and sizes (Ok am exaggerating, but only a little, I have heaps!) want to grow my veges in little pots and take them to the farmers market to sell. the ones that don't sell can just keep on growing :-). Time to start serious food production.
The two plum trees that I planted a few months ago are sprouting leaves, and even a few blossons, might be some plums this year? Still planting the last of my bulbs, got at least a hundred still to go. Planted about 40 in the last week.
Haven't done anything major in the garden recently, psyching myself up for the next onslaught. THE PLAN....is to start the next phase of my gardening, and plant all the seeds I've been collecting. Been cleaning up my little courtyard, which got a bit messy inn the process of making guinea pig cages there. It will be my nursery next.
Have collected about a million pots of all shapes and sizes (Ok am exaggerating, but only a little, I have heaps!) want to grow my veges in little pots and take them to the farmers market to sell. the ones that don't sell can just keep on growing :-). Time to start serious food production.
The two plum trees that I planted a few months ago are sprouting leaves, and even a few blossons, might be some plums this year? Still planting the last of my bulbs, got at least a hundred still to go. Planted about 40 in the last week.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Passionfruit, grapes and guinea pigs :-)
I have had an idea that I may not be able to realise for a while, but if I write it down, it may happen a bit quicker than if it just floats around in my brain. I had always planned to create Guinea pig enclosures. I have an abundance of deer netting that I bought off someone on trademe, lying around. I used it to fence my back yard but still have plenty left. Anyway, I had planned to have an enclosure around the feojoa trees, its a difficult area to mow, and they will help with weed control etc. Now I've realsed that the area alongside the driveway is also awkward to mow, and would suit an enclosure. I realised that this area would be perfect for growing grapes and passionfruit vines, especially if I put wind netting around the outside. I can grow the vines under the roof of the enclosure, where they will get plenty of sun. and the guinea pigs would run around underneath eating the grass and "composting". eventually I would like to have a few large enclosed areas for the guinea pigs where thay can run around freely, while protected from the cats and the weather.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
guinea pigs
well here I am, haven't posted a pic of the first guinea pig cage I built, and now I've just moved the rest of the family into another new cage, and sometime soon I'll build cage no 3 and seperate all males and female for now anyway.
I'm refining my design, but a bit limited by using recycled wood. My next design I'll design from scratch. It will be lighter and even easier to move than the last one, with a smaller indoor area, and again with 6 wheels. (4 under the hutch, and 2 at the far end) I'll keep some of the design features of the last hutch, and improve on it. When I've come up with a prototype that I'm really happy with, I'll start selling them. (or trying to).
The guinea pigs seem to love their new cage. The new one has quite a large indoor area, probably larger than they needed, but I was using half a pallet to make it, and that became the base. But because the family is quite big (7 guinea pigs, 3 adults, 1 "teenager" and 3 little ones) they seem to be enjoying the extra space.
The indoor area is raised, so I built a wide ramp for the guinea pigs to use to access it , but there is just a little entrance to the hutch at the top of the ramp. I made the ramp wide in case some of the guineas are afraind of heights lol.Its made out of rough wood so they don't slip on it. At first they were reluctant to use it because I think they felt exposed, so I made a cover for it out of an old feed bag, which they seem to really love. So its more like a tunnel now.
I've noticed that guinea pigs seem to really like having somewhere to hide, and good cover. They like taking their food under the ramp to eat it as well. The little ones race up and down the ramp and seem to be enjoying the variety of spaces the new cage offers them.
I hope its warmer for them too, been really cold at night lately. they are really safe from dogs and cats now which is good.
Speaking of cats, had to take one to the vet after she turned up with a badly cut leg, just above the paw. it's healing well which is good, and doesnt appear to have damaged any tendons or bones.
I'm refining my design, but a bit limited by using recycled wood. My next design I'll design from scratch. It will be lighter and even easier to move than the last one, with a smaller indoor area, and again with 6 wheels. (4 under the hutch, and 2 at the far end) I'll keep some of the design features of the last hutch, and improve on it. When I've come up with a prototype that I'm really happy with, I'll start selling them. (or trying to).
The guinea pigs seem to love their new cage. The new one has quite a large indoor area, probably larger than they needed, but I was using half a pallet to make it, and that became the base. But because the family is quite big (7 guinea pigs, 3 adults, 1 "teenager" and 3 little ones) they seem to be enjoying the extra space.
The indoor area is raised, so I built a wide ramp for the guinea pigs to use to access it , but there is just a little entrance to the hutch at the top of the ramp. I made the ramp wide in case some of the guineas are afraind of heights lol.Its made out of rough wood so they don't slip on it. At first they were reluctant to use it because I think they felt exposed, so I made a cover for it out of an old feed bag, which they seem to really love. So its more like a tunnel now.
I've noticed that guinea pigs seem to really like having somewhere to hide, and good cover. They like taking their food under the ramp to eat it as well. The little ones race up and down the ramp and seem to be enjoying the variety of spaces the new cage offers them.
I hope its warmer for them too, been really cold at night lately. they are really safe from dogs and cats now which is good.
Speaking of cats, had to take one to the vet after she turned up with a badly cut leg, just above the paw. it's healing well which is good, and doesnt appear to have damaged any tendons or bones.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Cat TV
The cats live for a chance to get the guinea, they don't have a chance now, but they never stop hoping.
The beginnings of a garden
This is the start of my vege patch, the girls helped me plant spinach, silver beet, beetroot, kale, parsley and chives. lots more to come. One row of tyres has flowers, and the inner row has the veges.
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