JubJub Homestead

In The Loop So we've been pretty busy in the 5 weeks we've been here. I started a new job and Shannon has been spending 4 hours a day travelling to work and back. Yet, we've still managed to do quite a bit. The Back To Eden Food Forest is progressing well. Every chance I get, I'm out there spreading mulch with the wheelbarrow. I'm about a third of the way there. I think its about 40 cubic meters of mulch I've moved so far. I don't know how many hundreds of wheelbarrows, or better yet, how many shovel full's of mulch that is, and quite frankly, i don't want to think about it. But, it's getting done, that's the main thing.  You can see the remnants of the french drain trench in the photo below. At the start of March I can place my order for bare root fruit trees. It's going to be a pricy order, but buying in bulk will bring the costs down. I'm going to take a stab and say I'll get around 30-40 trees initially....

The next small project on the list was the worm bin, or "worm castle" as I have now decided to call it. Worms are extremely efficient at converting food waste into a nutrient rich, plant available soil medium. This worm poo, commonly referred to as worm castings or black gold is literally worth its weight in gold. To buy good quality castings, you're going to pay a lot for it. You don't get rich writing cheques so I decided to build my own worm castle so I can have an endless supply of castings for my garden. The first step was to source an old bathtub. Thankfully, the previous owners had a horse in the paddock and left the tub they were using as a water trough. It's cast iron and weighs a tonne. I hooked a rope through the pug hole and tied it to the tow bar of the ute, then dragged it a good 100 meters through the paddock. Just as I pulled up beside the backyard, the rope snapped, so i re-tied it and hooked it around me like a horse pulling a plough. I ...