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crabandfish
The everyday and the extraordinary loves of life. We have a one acre cold zone garden in rural Victoria, Australia. This blog chronicles its ever changing nature. We also love traveling and writing, our cats, the sea, cooking, and of course, our garden.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Mango Trees and Monkees
It is always with mixed feelings that I return to my hometown in the sub-tropics. Queensland is a vast and varied State. The length of its coastline is nearly 7000 km and it is a place of great contrasts. From … Continue reading
Posted in decks, gardening, gardens, Lifestyle, memories, music, South East Queensland, travel, trees
Tagged 1960's music, Brisbane, growing up, heliconias, memories, Red Hill, roads, sub-tropic gardening
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New Chicken House Update
Chickens all around the world will be green with envy when they spot this blue and yellow chicken house on stumps. Thanks to our fantastic neighbours, family and friends, the roof finally went on with much shoving and pushing. Despite … Continue reading
A Funny Place To Lay An Egg
I thought I was seeing things this morning. We were sure we had locked up all the chickens yesterday afternoon. We do have a renegade brown hen, she is always late and always the last to go in. So why … Continue reading
Posted in chickens, decks, gardening, gardens, Plymouth Rock chickens, Spring, sunsets, trees
Tagged chickens, eggs, Gardens, Plymouth rocks, sunsets
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The Lilac Tree
In deepest darkest winter I often look out of our back windows and try to remember the lilac tree in spring. Now that it is in full bloom, it is most certainly a place of great serenity. A garden, even … Continue reading
The New Chicken House
As we continue to feel sorry for our Pecker, the Plymouth Rock rooster, we have plunged ourselves into working on the new chicken house. For many years we admired our neighbour’s little cubby which was built for their young daughters’ … Continue reading
Posted in chickens, food, gardens, Lifestyle, pets, Plymouth Rock chickens, roosters, Spring, sunsets
Tagged chicken houses, chickens, Gardens, Italian food, sunsets
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A Sad Day
First thing this morning we checked on Pecker, picked him up and took him into the garden; sat with him and gave him his medication. His comb was still a little blue. There was a little shiver. We returned him … Continue reading
A Very Sick Rooster
A Very Sick Rooster.