Here is my DIY quail stand cage made from an old childrens play gym swing set. Basically, it's the swing frame recycled and used as a stand for 4 x guinea pig hutches used as the quail housing.
On top is an auto drinker feeding nipple drinkers to each hutch. This design works very well and keeps the quail clean and safe. Poop falls right through the mesh floor making fo reasy collection and use on the garden.
While okra isn’t exactly the new kid on the block, most Australians are only fairly recently learning to grow and cook with it. Okra is
I have a black hen who loves to come and visit me. She's a smart girl and definitely the smartest chicken out of all my
Lead, fluoride, disinfecting byproducts, arsenic, prescriptive drugs. The list of contaminants that are lurking in our drinking water is long. In this article, I want
I often get asked the question, is it safe to eat vegetables/fruit grown in garden beds made from treated wood/treated pine. Or, how do I
How many chickens should you keep? How many chickens does the average newbie chicken keeper really need? Or, how many chickens should I start out
Self Sufficient Me (SSM) has some important and exciting news to share… We now have our very own dedicated health and fitness writer – Michelle
Self Sufficient Me is a blog about self-sustainment by growing our own produce (plant/animal), and self-fulfilment by looking after our health (physical/mental) through exercise and slowing life down a little.
