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Back Third Acre Cotornix Quail, eating and hatching eggs (speckled and celadon), honeybees, chickens, fruit and veg.

First big blackberry harvest of the summer, love free food 😊
18/08/2024

First big blackberry harvest of the summer, love free food 😊

Dragon Tongue Beans, green beans, yellow beans and purple beans. Beans Beans Beans !!!
14/08/2024

Dragon Tongue Beans, green beans, yellow beans and purple beans. Beans Beans Beans !!!

The aphids had a feast on the Honeysuckle in the spring but it has come back strong and beautiful now
11/08/2024

The aphids had a feast on the Honeysuckle in the spring but it has come back strong and beautiful now

It is cucumber time !!!
09/08/2024

It is cucumber time !!!

Pollinators are busy in the garden on this lovely long weekend 🐝
05/08/2024

Pollinators are busy in the garden on this lovely long weekend 🐝

Bring on the tomatoes 🍅 🍅
04/08/2024

Bring on the tomatoes 🍅 🍅

Honey harvest complete for 2024!!! 80lbs from 2 hives, not bad but less than 2023. I loved the ease of my new electric e...
31/07/2024

Honey harvest complete for 2024!!! 80lbs from 2 hives, not bad but less than 2023. I loved the ease of my new electric extractor.

The last of the March planted cabbage have now been harvested and the fall/ winter cabbage starts are planted. ...
28/07/2024

The last of the March planted cabbage have now been harvested and the fall/ winter cabbage starts are planted.

Strawflower beauty
22/07/2024

Strawflower beauty

Red dragonfly joined me in the garden
21/07/2024

Red dragonfly joined me in the garden

The first@of the plums, it is looking to be a good year for fruit
20/07/2024

The first@of the plums, it is looking to be a good year for fruit

Poppy seed pods in the evening sun
17/07/2024

Poppy seed pods in the evening sun

Garlic is curing. Covering the newly planted cloves with chicken wire increased my harvest this year because the squirre...
14/07/2024

Garlic is curing. Covering the newly planted cloves with chicken wire increased my harvest this year because the squirrels couldn’t mess with them. I removed the wire in the spring when green shoots appeared. Planted in Oct harvested in July 😊.

Harvesting Chamomile this morning
13/07/2024

Harvesting Chamomile this morning

More flowers
09/07/2024

More flowers

Lynn’s happy place, picking and arranging flowers 💐
09/07/2024

Lynn’s happy place, picking and arranging flowers 💐

Evening harvest of raspberries, snap peas and chamomile.
06/07/2024

Evening harvest of raspberries, snap peas and chamomile.

The poppy’s are blooming 😊
04/07/2024

The poppy’s are blooming 😊

Blackcurrant jelly making time !!!
03/07/2024

Blackcurrant jelly making time !!!

Ah the fragrance of sweet peas
30/06/2024

Ah the fragrance of sweet peas

We have made more of a focus on flowers this year and the beautiful patch of Snapdragons are in full bloom.
29/06/2024

We have made more of a focus on flowers this year and the beautiful patch of Snapdragons are in full bloom.

Peek a Boo we see you
28/06/2024

Peek a Boo we see you

First raspberry harvest of the season
26/06/2024

First raspberry harvest of the season

Drying lavender
22/06/2024

Drying lavender

Rose nasturtiums have made a stunning addition to our garden this year
21/06/2024

Rose nasturtiums have made a stunning addition to our garden this year

Spring cabbages are ready
20/06/2024

Spring cabbages are ready

Garden flowers
17/06/2024

Garden flowers

The first sunflower 🌻 has bloomed
16/06/2024

The first sunflower 🌻 has bloomed

Sylvia the Silkie is out and about enjoying the garden
11/06/2024

Sylvia the Silkie is out and about enjoying the garden

The flowers are blooming and the back third is looking good ( well mostly good except those pesky weedy areas) ...
09/06/2024

The flowers are blooming and the back third is looking good ( well mostly good except those pesky weedy areas)

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My favourite time of the day, the morning walk through the garden to let the chickens out. #morninggardenwalk #garden #flowers #growfoodnotlawns #beekeepers #urbanhomestead #victoriabcgardens

After a rough start with the pepper seedlings being infested by aphids they recovered nicely and are loaded. First harvest of Banana peppers !! #pepper #pepperhead #growfood #greenhousegardening #bananapeppers #varigatedplants #fishpepper

The sausage dog can pick the low hanging berries #sausagedog #dacshund #gardenhelper #raspberries #westcoastgarden #victoriabc

The chicks are big enough to join the adults now !!! #backyardchickens #spottheroosters #chickens #smallflockpoultry

Sweet little chick #silkiechicken #silkie #chickens #urbanhomesteadinglife #backthirdacre

Great day to be a honeybee #beekeeping #honeybees #fruittreesinmybackyard #spring #beekeeper

Bean’s the Dachshund puppy is having fun with a ball of yarn #dachshund #dachshundsofinstagram #dachshundpuppy #puppy #puppylife #puppyplay #sausagedog

First swarm catch was so exciting 🐝

Last few frames of honey for the season #honeyharvest #beekeeping #honey #crushandstrainmethod #backthirdacre #honeybees #beekeeperslife

Western Rustic meat chicks are here #rochesterhatchery #westernrustic #chickens #meatchickens #growyourownfood #backthirdacre

Nature’s beauty #victoriabc #yyj #backthirdacre #butterfly #flowers

Cinnabar Moth in the garden today #cinnabarmoth #moth #gardenwonders #permaculture #backthirdacre #beauty

Sweet little honey bee #beekeeper #honeybee #whiteborage #victoriabc #backthirdacre

Morning coffee with a few rather large seedlings, next stop greenhouse #morningcoffee #seedlings #beautifulmoments #beautifulbc #urbanhomestead #growfoodnotlawns #yyj

My favourite chick

Some new chicks joined the Back Third Acre today

Izzy loves watching the chicks under strict supervision

Busy bees 🐝 #beekeeping #beekeepersofinstagram #honeybees #backyardbeekeeping #urbanhomesteading #selfsufficientlifestyle #pollinators

Little helper this morning 😊#grandparents #grandkids #homesteadhelpers #chickensofinstagram #backthirdacre #kale #urbanhomesteading #yyj #choretime

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