I started beekeeping in October and harvested honey for the first time yesterday. Utterly stoked!4yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
You may remember about 3 months back I posted my first raspberries (ever in my life!). I’m now picking and eating this many every day. I may need raspberry rehab, they’re so bloody delicious...3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
Meet my friend Lizzie. She’s Head of Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management here.2yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
Never ever eaten a raspberry before, in my 40 odd years on this planet. Grew some and had my first ever today - wow!!! Am now totally hooked and looking forward to more.3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
My big beautiful Rhode Island Red ordinarily lays large magnificent eggs (right pic), but today’s effort was eggceptional even for my Peggy!3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
I never ever get tired of the satisfaction you get from growing food. Tangelos, lemons, limes, avocados and pawpaw today!3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
We recently expanded our garden to include water - brings a new element to our little ecosystem and microclimate. It’s also lovely to sit by with a cool drink in the afternoon!6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Check out what my clever bees have done in only 3 weeks - a brand new and foundationless frame to this!3mo ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Beekeeping
I picked a bunch of heirloom tomatoes today - this little gal is movie star perfect!4yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
Been answering a few questions about these, behold my subtropical peaches! They are freaking delicious too.1yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/GardeningAustralia
If love was enough, she would have lived forever. Hurting very badly tonight, lost my girl today at 12.5 years.3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Boxer
Been answering a few questions about these, behold my subtropical peaches! They are freaking delicious too.1yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/BackyardOrchard
I grow most of my produce in the backyard. I started a small mixed vegie patch in the front, plus dwarf fruit in pots, as a conversation starter for my neighbours to show what you can achieve in a small space, and hopefully get them growing too. I’m a bit chuffed with my winter butternut pumpkin!3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/australia
Although I recently started with honeybees, I’ve been keeping native stingless bees for years. I lost an otherwise pumping, very strong hive yesterday to this blasted Australian extreme heatwave. I’m pretty devastated.4yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Beekeeping
A jar from my first ever harvest!! Ridiculously chuffed with my girls and I love beekeeping 😍🐝😍4yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Beekeeping
I present to you my nemesis, Hairy Bastard (potato quality Aussie ringtail possum). Eater of everything not nailed down, covered or early harvested in my garden.8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Thoughts on what my little weirdos are doing, expanding the entrance? Hive has been in place since September 2019, is very strong and never used a reducer.3yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Beekeeping
It’s technically still winter here in subtropical Australia. Inspected today and I reckon the beekeeping season is well and truly pumping 🐝2yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Beekeeping
My Australian native bees doing their thing in my garden (note the cute pollen slippers on the top girl)8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Seeing as we're doing wall gardens, here is mine. It's a big part of my happy place.7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
My Pollinator Patch - the progress in just 7 weeks is amazing! All from seed or volunteer plants elsewhere in the garden. I love it as do my buzzy friends.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Bargain of 2020 - I got $70 worth of bee friendly flower seedlings for $6 on the half dead table at Bunnings. A soak in seaweed and they’re good as new 🐝😊🐝4yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
My pink callistemon has burst into gorgeous flower. The bees and parrots are going mad for it.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
My beautiful Beryl departed the world today. Here she is enjoying our gorgeous sunny winter, early yesterday morning. I am ridiculously sad. See ya Bezzy, miss my little gardening shadow already.7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/BackYardChickens
My first potatoes. The level of satisfaction I have right now is immense (half the neighbourhood would have heard my squeals of delight with each new one found😜)8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
I couldn't work out why my hens were so quiet this morning and didn't want to leave their house...7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/BackYardChickens
Ladybugs eating breakfast on my dill (I’m a shit but avid photographer of my garden - proud of this pic) 🐞 🐞 🐞6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
I’m chuffed with my first ever butternut pumpkins! They look a tad green in the photo lighting but are a beautiful beige/yellow in reality.6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
I’ve always wanted to do a banana for scale - meet my 12 kilo Musque de Provence heirloom pumpkin!5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Thank you u/NorthOntarioDave - you inspired this Aussie to build a potato tower. Ran out of spuds and materials halfway but will add “the upper decks” next weekend.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/homestead
The “secret” ingredients about to go in my vegetarian lasagne - fresh is best!6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
12 week old Barnevelder I met today. She is sweet like a puppy dog. Like really sweet. And so friendly, her mates were all skittish but she was a gem. And I can't have her. Bad timing right now. I can't stop thinking about her. Sigh...7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/BackYardChickens
Hello good bug people of Reddit. Any clues on this caterpillar enjoying my unripe strawberry? Never seen one like it. I’m in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Thank you.7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
Hello my beautiful avo baby 😍 Please please please stay on and grow with your dozen or so equally lovely sisters 🙏8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
I’m a beginner drummer (4 lessons in) and LOVING it. My cat, not so much.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/Drumming
I’ve been planting a lot of bee forage to complement my fruit and veggies. Here’s one of my forage spaces, under my vertical herb garden. I’m chuffed with it for the texture, beauty and colour and the bees are too 🐝🐝🐝6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
My borage is starting to bloom. Had to take this pic at dusk as there is a cloud of my native bees in front during the day 🐝 🐝🐝7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
I can’t explain it but there’s something so satisfying and joyful about getting the latest seed catalogue in the mail6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Thought you might like to see my first ever garlic harvest - 47 bulbs from a raised garden bed. I'm chuffed!!7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/OrganicGardening
Check out my seriously awesome garden related birthday gifts. I'm really chuffed!8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Frantically wrapping gifts for a belated Christmas we’re having tonight for out of town family. This is Archie helping...he walked over everything and wasn’t satisfied until I wrapped him!6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/cats
I've added some Australian native bees to my garden. Been waiting a while for them so really happy they're now here 🐝🐝🐝8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Apologies for the noise disturbance - I've just squealed the place down. Pollination problems (too hot, other food sources) mean I've been painstakingly doing it myself. One finally took!!! 😍🍉😍🍉😍7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
ID help on this frog please - Freycinet or barking marsh? Or something else? Cross posted to r/frogs but hoping a wonderful r/Brisbane person may know.6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/brisbane
For my Australian friends, get your fruit fly protection going. This is 3 days worth of males in my garden.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
Hi all - I’m in Brisbane Australia. This lovely bee visits and curls her rear end upwards when on the flower and is pretty fast in her movements.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
Hello good folks - any clues as to this one please? I’m in Brisbane, Australia (more info in comments).6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisplant
I decided to make my garden cart more interesting (I'm certain it goes faster now, too)8yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/gardening
What is this moth cross cricket looking creature? Brisbane Australia. Thank you in advance.5yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
What's are these? Kind of like lady bug nymphs but seem to be the sac and not alive. These are on a tree near work but I have them on my citrus at home.7yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
Hi again awesome folks! What are these, clustered on my lemon tree? I’m in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia). I’ve done a bit of searching myself but no luck.6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
Many of these guys on my potato plants - friend or foe? About 2.5cm long with white tips on the front legs. I’m in south east Queensland, Australia.6yr ⋅ Hensanddogs ⋅ r/whatsthisbug
