My Big Backyard

In which our acre of former horse paddock is transformed to a permaculture inspired oasis of chooks, produce and habitat, with the odd goal post thrown in.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Putting their beak into it

One morning a couple of weeks ago we had a lovely example of the permaculture principle of working with nature. At one stage there were over 60 white and straw-necked ibis busily aerating the grass (weeds) on the oval (rectangle).


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