The Duck Herder

Pages

Home
quack quack

quack quack

under construction

0 comments:

About Me

The Duck Herder: Canberra, Australia; It is all about living an elegantly frugal pedal powered frightfully abundant & crocheted urban farming existence in the nether regions of the ONC (Our Nation's Capital). Namaste my feathered friends.

View my complete profile

Blog Archive

► 2012 (14)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (1)
  - Worshiping at the Altar of Green Smoothies
- ► March (8)
- ► February (2)
  - Weathering the Storm
  - Season of the Tomato

▼ 2011 (78)
- ► December (2)
  - More from that gorgeous girl at Itty Bitty
  - Oh Blessed JOY
- ► November (4)
- ▼ October (6)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (11)
- ► June (8)
  - Taking Stock
  - My Mountains
- ► May (7)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (8)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (13)

► 2010 (79)
- ► December (15)
- ► November (5)
- ► October (8)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (11)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (4)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (15)

► 2009 (67)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (7)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (5)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (12)
- ► January (8)

► 2008 (89)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (7)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (16)
- ► August (9)
- ► July (2)
- ► June (9)
- ► May (5)
- ► April (5)
- ► March (6)
- ► February (13)
- ► January (9)

► 2007 (81)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (6)
- ► October (18)
- ► September (12)
- ► August (16)
- ► July (16)
- ► June (8)

Search This Blog

Loading...

Labels

life'n'stuff (117)
gardening (99)
elegant frugality (61)
chooks (53)
beekeeping (39)
crotcheting (36)
fruit (36)
ducks (29)
cycling (22)
fermentation (19)
COGS (16)
recipe (15)
cheap recycled stuff (13)
cooking (11)
wild food (11)
general ranting (10)
avocados (9)
new farm (8)
secret service (7)
selina (7)
tandem (6)
pine nuts (4)
compost (3)
crocheting (3)
farmers markets (3)
ppe (3)
rain (3)
Poppet (2)
eggs (2)
grey water (2)
sewing (2)
wild mushrooms (2)
City to Soil (1)
green smoothies (1)
hobart (1)
money diet (1)
oklahoma (1)

She said what?

Life 'n Stuff
Stories & Presents

I love bikes

Bicycle Canberra
Canberra Cycle Chic
Cycle Chic
Dutch Cargo Bike Australia!
Lets Go Ride a Bike
Slow RPM
Workcycles Omafiets
Workcycles Secret Service

Places I Roam

Spot On Cedar Pond

Arbors To Craft, Kiwis To Plant,Doves To Enjoy - One of my favorite places at the front of our home is the dovecote ( structure in the left of the photo) my husband built me that is home to some of my ...
2 hours ago
Sherdie

Winter is here - In the first week after I finished work, I did all these things. Lots of things. Made a giant list and ticked it off. Talking to my friend B about it (who ...
3 hours ago
dig this chick

moving up - Dinner. Our family sits in the slim space between the front door and our bed. Forks pecking at rice on china, kids laughing with mouthfuls, dog wedged unde...
4 hours ago
Caitlyn Nicholas

Unattainable Challenges for June - 1st of June today, and to celebrate the first day of winter I have decided to set myself a few completely unattainable challenges 1. I'm taking part ...
12 hours ago
Eight Acres

The home-made bread compromise - *This post is linked to Freaky Friday on Real Food Freaks and the Little House in the Suburbs DIY Friday Linky #3.* I came home from the sourdough and ferm...
12 hours ago
Journey to the edge of Jane

Where did May go? - Good heavens! Today is the 1st of June. I cannot believe I didn't blog at all in May. I seem to have misplaced my blogging hat and am struggling to writ...
13 hours ago
down---to---earth

Weekend reading - For all the young mums - Carlos Gonzalez, the doctor who wants parents to break the rules. Twenty predictions for the next 25 years. How to fold a T shirt....
15 hours ago
Hard Work Homestead

The homestead television - The other night I was sitting in the pumphouse (to be free of bug attack) with my feet up while my less bug bothersome Husband sat on the porch and I happe...
23 hours ago
Path to Self Sufficiency

- Just a quick sign of life. Just arrived back from the Permaculture Design Course at the Permaculture Centre of Italy. More on this over the next couple o...
1 day ago
Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op

Weighing Up Organic & Natural Newborn Options - Instinctively mothers want the best for their babies. Our main concerns are for their health and well being. Before and after new babies arrive we are bombar...
1 day ago
tea with lucy

mermaid tail. . . - this is aila's take on the mermaid tail you can find the how-to here : :
1 day ago
The Greenhaven Good Life

Pink - I'm joining in with Evi at Sister Sun. Photos and thoughts about a particular colour each week. This week is pink. I've always had a lot of pink in my li...
1 day ago
Brown Owls Members Blog

Appliqué May :: wrap-up! - Hello Owls! We had such a fabulous time at the Canberra Brown Owls May meeting, that we had to share with you all! One of our clever owls, Danielle, taugh...
1 day ago
eat at dixiebelle's

:: In Our Garden At The Moment :: Late Autumn :: - Winter might be peeping around the corner now, and our area has been the receiver of many frosty mornings this Autumn, but there is still colour to be f...
2 days ago
Books, biscuits and bicycles...

Bike on Bike Action (2) - It’s been taking rather a long time to sort out the problem with my fixie forks, and whilst I was riding it for a while the reaction of a mechanic in a loc...
2 days ago
The Eco Cat Lady Speaks

In Training to Get Loopy! - A series of small misfortunes have kept me off my bike for the past month or so. Don't worry, it was nothing serious, just a migraine, an illness and s...
2 days ago
R&L's Homespun Life

Tuesday - Doesn't the lemons make your mouth pucker... HEE HEE.. First and formost everyone thank you for giving me your opinions on the black knobs...I love them ...
2 days ago
Shack in the Middle

Monday Forest photo: May 29, 2012 - 2:00pm 33C cloudyWow, what a scorcher! The air is thick and thunderstorms are threatening. I hope we get lots of rain. My walk was short today because this...
2 days ago
Scarecrow's Garden

Some Freebie PDFs - Check out *The Rodale Inc* webpage for a host of FREE downloadable PDFs on all kinds of Organic Gardening info. *On This Link.* * * *The list includes:* ...
2 days ago
Slow RPM

a dog in a box - *Perfect for an overstuffed green shopping bag or an overstuffed little terrier.Coming soon to Nerd Corner,how to build a box for your dog.*
3 days ago
The Queen of the Tea Cosies

HOME and knitting pretty things - HOME! Yay! I do LERVE travelling but one of the best things about travelling is coming HOME! Yay! Well that is most of the booky events over me thinks...
5 days ago
The Duck Herder

lives of quiet desparation - Hey internets. Its only 8:00am and already I have been moved to tears by three lovely things. How cool is life! How lovely is it to be ALIVE?! Some of you ...
6 days ago
Gooseberry Jam

Look who's got Gooseberries! - Cape Gooseberries. . . The Gooseberry is an unusual fruit, especially here in Australia, I don't actually know a lot about it, II have some wonderful c...
1 week ago
Norm's Bees, Naturally

No Swarm yet! -
1 week ago
The Itty Bitty Farm in the City

Keeping It Clean - Believe me, I'm as surprised about this post as you are. Over the past few months, I have been barely keeping my head above water and have had little to po...
1 week ago
Sherdie in Brisvegas

Left address - Oh hi! I'm over here now at sherdie.com. Come and visit.
1 week ago
Smiley Mum, Crafty Mum, Busy Mum.

A Gift For Charlotte (My first Quilt!) - It's Finished...TADA!!!! My very first homemade quilt. I am very proud of this quilt and still suprised that it didn't take all that long to make, once I g...
1 week ago
the weekend farmer

Angry Bird!!! - No, I am not talking about the video game. I have some real resident angry birds here. Instead of walking cash cows, they have turned into incubators. Once...
1 week ago
Lessons from the Monk I Married

ON TOUR: Lessons from the Monk I Married is HITTING THE BIG APPLE! - Start spreading the news, we're leaving in June!...We want to be a part of it...New York, New York! I've missed you all! I haven't been here in a while. I ...
2 weeks ago
Backwards Beekeepers

Professor-obeeo - Check out this video that some USC students made about Kirk and Backwards Beekeeping. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Classic...
2 weeks ago
dandelion

The things we love... - Say hi to my brother's Ben's teddy, Teddy. Don't ask me why he lives with me, somehow I became his surrogate carer. I'm happy I am because he is so gorge...
2 weeks ago
Butts and Ashes

Conversations From Cell Block C - So guess where I am? Seriously, go ahead and guess. If you said prison, you wouldn’t be too far off. I am back in Houston at MDAnderson with the two wicked...
2 weeks ago
The Machinist's Wife

Hen Whisperers - At one stage, we had over 50 ex battery hens. They were so gentle, and I admit - I talked to them. The Machinist took over my role as Chief Hen Feeder a...
2 weeks ago
City Bees

Beige, I think I'll Paint It Beige... - There is a terrible joke that goes with the title of this post, but there is a less humorous strategy behind the color choice. This year's color for wood...
2 weeks ago
Consumption Rebellion

Fat Cells Never Go Away - Today, I saw Shannan Ponton and Michelle Bridges give a talk at one of the shopping centres here at ONC.* People who know me IRL know that I *love* being...
2 weeks ago
.

Holiday time.... - Last weekend I decided to pack my bags and visit one of my sisters that lives in Kalgoorlie. What a gorgeous place, although the powder fine red dust wou...
2 weeks ago
Life in the Dome

Best in show - Nothing like an ag fair to make a girl happy. After a week of hideous germs, M took me out to the Hawkesbury Show and it certainly cheered me up. Who woul...
3 weeks ago
Rawmazing

Collard Wraps with Turmeric Spread - Lunch can often be a challenge. So many times, I find myself lost in a project, only to realize that lunch time has passed and I am starving. At that point...
3 weeks ago
Bredbo Valley View Farm

Something new - One of the reasons things have been quite around here for a while is we've been working on something new, big and exciting - check this out http://permacu...
4 weeks ago
Seasons Of The Bee Keeper

Installing Package Bees, New Bees Today! - The hive that was damaged in the storm did not survive so I ordered three new packages of bees. Here I am suited up and ready to install the bees in thei...
4 weeks ago
Trily Cottage

More links - An interesting short video on the monopoly that the 'big two' supermarkets have in Australia The Beast File: Woolies and Coles This is an article that ev...
1 month ago
Texas Tootbloom

Beautiful Model | Yesica Toscanin - Yesica Toscanini Yesica Toscanini (born March 9, 1986) is a fashion model and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Yésica Toscanini:The Most Beautiful A...
1 month ago
Wild For Tea Cosies

Diamond Ring jewelry stores - Diamond rings have come to represent love and deep pledge and are most often given as assure of marriage and lifetime commitment to another person. In 1477...
1 month ago
Urban Food Forest

A Good Friday - Productive day today - cooked up a big batch of our staple tomato pasta sauce. It used up just over 2kg of my tomatoes, some of which were beginning to loo...
1 month ago
Simply Me

Happy Easter....... - If you are travelling please drive carefully and hope the weather is great for all of you!
1 month ago
3 ACRE HOMESTEAD

HAPPY EASTER -
1 month ago
Twilight Taggers

'Project 85' - *'PROJECT 85'* *GRANNY PARADE * Since May last year when I founded Yarn Corner, I have been on the go the whole time. We've not really had a chance to ha...
2 months ago
Laugh in the Sun

Chooks in the City - Reblogged from Enviromum's Blog: Chook lovers or wanna-be chook owners can find out all the answers on chicken ownership in the ‘Chooks in the City’ book b...
2 months ago
The Tiny Homestead

When projects get out of control (II) - In my last post I shared a picture of my living room in a state of complete mid-project disarray. The living room is done now, but the chaos has just move...
3 months ago
Zorro's Blog

Torties - Here are the girls in all their glory! They have become ardent hunters of rats and mice, definitely earning their keep and keeping the population within m...
3 months ago
The Big Cog

Attribution of Credit - So, I've put Pedal Power on Facebook. "Wow"! you say, I better follow the Pedal Power - Canberra Region Cycling Page. Anyway, I posted this picture up a w...
3 months ago
THE DAILY PIE

Farewell - Events and unforeseen circumstances have caused us to reassess and redefine our direction ahead. The circumstances which have brought us to this point h...
4 months ago
Peaceful Valley Farm Blog...

Switching my blog to Wordpress... - Please follow me over and re-subscribe! http://peacefulvalleyfarm.wordpress.com/
4 months ago
nevyn's place

Keeping it Short - I've been struggling with my depression for the last couple of months and along with a few other things going on in my life I'm pretty much over everything...
6 months ago
Scribbles

Bacterial Photosythesis - Bacterial Photosynthesis as process is a net water production mechanism. Bacterial Photosynthesis as a process is a crucible for energy capture, storage an...
6 months ago
The Frugal World of Doc

I'm all stuck up... - ...Ah, ha, ah ha! <--looks nothing like how I said it! Okay, shoppers, I've been away from frugal, cyber space for a while so thought I would get back into...
6 months ago
Armidale City to Soil

Where does the Armidale City to Soil collection go? - Hi folks. Well, here is a lovely picture of some lovely City to Soil collections from the lovely trial are in lovely Armidale. Things are going very well...
7 months ago
Down and Out In A Brave New World

Our very own little oil spill - A bit over a week ago someone (we can - probably -guess who) poured a bucket of oil and snail pellets over the fence into the creek that runs through our...
9 months ago
Everyday Eco in the A.C.T.

This Blog is Closed - Hi all, I posted about this on the Facebook page, which will keep going as an easy way for me to provide you with links, events, and information. However, ...
9 months ago
rift in time and space

Still here - Yep, it does happen. Just had to say. And we even had a barbie to celebrate! By the way, I'm still here, but not for much longer. Only one week to go 'ti...
11 months ago
Flood Street Farmlet

Return To Sender - Unfortunately the pending sale of the block of land did not proceed. I find it odd that people will commit to purchasing a real estate if they're not sure...
11 months ago
Wind-blown dust and dirt

Climate rap – scientists fight back - Fresh from* Hot topic.com. * * *** That's it folks you're on your own from here on in. Regards Jonesy Good luck one and all.
1 year ago
The Dirigibles & Dreams of a Garden Phoenix

Dont forget - to email me at the address in the previous post if you want to continue reading my blog! x
1 year ago
Maywood Farm

Backyard Woes! - Our backyard is totally decimated! I've found its really hard keeping a dog and 2 chickens in a tiny backyard while trying to grow a garden. The drought at...
1 year ago
Lucky's Duck Farm

Queensland - May God have mercy on Queensland and hold the people in his arms and shelter them.
1 year ago
Cycle Adagio

Mike & the Puritanics - I've grown up with Mike Tomalaris. Before Fox got it's grubby little hands all over the television rights to the European soccer leagues, I'd often watch M...
1 year ago
Playing With Weeds

15 June 2010 - [image: Red Clover 2] *Plants* - Red clover - Chamomile - Rose - Nettle - Motherwort - Angelica - Sweet Cicely - Feverfew - Comf...
1 year ago
The Blue Mountains Menagerie

At my signal... - Unleash hell We have a rat problem This little guy met his maker the other day This morning I found evidence of a second rat on the grassy knoll It's wa...
2 years ago
Trily Cottage

Moving Back - Just to be annoying I am moving back to http://ittybittyhomestead.blogspot.com/ because, well, WordPress is annoying. So duck on back over there to see our...
2 years ago
The Funny Farm

Use Edges and Value the Marginal - Holmgren's Permaculture Principle #11 - Many people who have taken my classes have asked me what permaculture is. This is the definition used on David Holmgren's web site. Holmgren, along with B...
2 years ago
The Wild Parsnip Kitchen Garden Journal

Our precocious chickens - Our six chickens are officially laying hens now, on their 17 week birthday! We were expecting to wait another month for eggs, but we found four eggs today....
2 years ago
Dikkipenior KilliKer

Update - Chut'Chut' is healing & doing brilliantly. He still likes being with me or Midnight RippleBack & follows us around. He quite likes sleeping as a people or ...
3 years ago
Living in Delhi

Sufdarjungs Tomb - After settling in to big city living, finding our local markets and all the other essential things needed to survive, we started to have a look around at t...
3 years ago

Show 10 Show All

Followers

Happy Links

Flo to Go (grey water)
Self Sufficient "ish"
Sowing & Planting Guide

Free Counter

Feedjit

Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.