Higgledy-Piggledy Farm

26/09/2025

We made some new garden ‘art’ in the vegetable patch this morning. 😂
We had these mannequin legs for a couple of years, and they sometimes turn up in all sorts of strange places!
This installation will serve as an instruction to the tiny farm workers about what will happen if they fall
asleep on the job……😂🤣😂🤣

24/09/2025

I found this cabinet on the side of the road yesterday - we have turned it into a nesting box for the chickens to lay their eggs - “a place to get laid”..!!
I hope the chickens enjoy the joke as much as it amused me 😁😂😂

24/09/2025

The new chicken shed is almost finished.

This was a poly water tank that we have recycled into a ‘bali hut’!
It has been insulated; ‘whirly bird’ installed to help with air circulation; covered with bamboo screen and covered with thatch umbrella for a roof 😁. I want to cover the internal insultion with straw cob….. I think - I’m still working that bit out! 😂

The chickens and ducks are enjoying their upgraded home which has now been officially opened as “Feathers Resort”! 💜💚🐓

21/09/2025

Higgledy piggledy farm is a little more chaotic than normal. Farmer Ollie has busted, smashed and generally stuffed a finger! She is home recovering.
Popcorn is in my ward, aka my office nursing some injuries - thankfully she is recovering well.
I am taking bets on what you think will be injury number 3.
With Rell Oliver-Braddock.

19/09/2025

The chickens got a ‘spa’ built for them today. They have a sand, charcoal and rosemary tub to have their ‘dust bath’ in. Thanks to our super farm helpers, Lisette and Jio for their creativity and muscles!

11/09/2025

The mulberry’s have started to ripen. Yummo!

07/09/2025

The hydroponic salad bar is starting to grow well.
We are using the Kratky hydroponic method to grow salad greens - this is an effective way to maximise production for minimum space, and works well as a ‘cut and come again’ system.

03/09/2025

It seemed appropriate to repot the growing coffee trees into re-cycled coffee mugs!
We have 7 very healthy coffee trees, variety is Arabica. PM me if you want any - every tree will get a some roasted beans from the parent tree. ☺️💚

02/09/2025

Up-cycling fun. 😃Yesterday, I up-cycled this salvaged birdcage and stand into a hanging basket. I found two wooden birds and drilled them into the perch to complete the task.

30/07/2025

What a wonderful surprise to come into my office at the Uni this morning and discover that 2 of my students have left some seedlings and a pot at my door. Yesterday on campus was environment day with stalls and games and food trucks. These students gifted these plants to the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm Community Garden.
Thankyou, Deb and Mel - these cauliflowers will be very happy in the garden and later on our plates. 💚💚💚

23/07/2025

Please consider donating to this cause. This will be a life changing opportunity for 15 students from Paraguay to attend this conference in Brazil next month. Even a few dollars will make a difference. Food security is a human right and attending this world ecoagrology conference will empower these young people to promote the change in argiculture that the world needs.
Please watch the video, read the informationand be inspired.

Version en Español abajo Help 15 young rural Paraguayan s… Michal Krawczyk needs your support for Support Paraguayan Students’ Journey to Agroecology Event

19/05/2025

Higgledy-Piggledy Farm hosted our first Artists in Residence last week. What a joy it was to have Francesca and Nathan live with us for a second visit and to capture our tiny farm with all its interconnected living things on a canvas 💚.
Thankyou to you both - our lives are richer for having you join us and your generosity, gorgeous spirit and energy will live in our home on our wall, where it will remind us of you. Until we meet again some where on this planet 🩷 🌍