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We plan to take eggs once the flock is bigger. The meat is good only for pok pok!

After keeping turkeys, layers and geese, we now keep banties. There are self-sufficient and semi-wild, roosting in the trees. They forage all day and we give them chicken feed mixed with rice husk and leftover cooked rice, They adopt families and become reasonably tame. They can usually be had...

We are having a very unusually cold spell. It began in December and seems set to last a while longer. Usually, we have just a few days in January when the daytime highs are just below 30C and the nighttime lows around 20C. We have had a month now of lows down to 11C. That might seem mild to many...

The gardener is on his way to carry out a final tidy ready for the big party on Tuesday. We mainly need the grass cut and that's about it. The paths are clear and the gazebos or clean and tidy. My son will arrive from the UK to share my birthday for the first time since I came to live here and...

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Good to hear that at least some of you are OK.

I hope that all you folks are OK over in Oz. Those bush fires look really bad.

The flood waters didn't reach our home but I did see a boat on a street leading to another village yesterday. I just spent ten minutes searching my den for cat poop. The smell was awful. The cats are good at doing their business outdoors but there is the occasional overnight mishap and I...

Sometimes, family and friends can't face what's happening. I hope that all goes well with your appointment.

Many thanks for your thoughts.

Our concern at the moment is the possibility of floods. Prior to the devastating flood of October 2010, the lower part of our land behind the house flooded with run-off. We had to wade out to rescue turkeys and chickens. Only two chickens were already drowned so we were lucky. When the two...

It's just 9.15am here and I've already admired the 2 metre high coleus plants by the front gate. That will do for today.

Delay will only make matters worse. It must be very difficult dealing with your problem entirely alone. Is it time to confide in someone you can trust? It's amazing what help and support you can get if you just do that. I wish you well, as ever.

From my own observations, and we have two diesel vehicles, it's the poorly serviced diesel engines that create noxious fumes enough to disturb other people.

Here's an update on Mrs. TTs bamboo. It's shooting heavily now and the rains are helping. A crop is taken every week. In addition to simply cutting the shoots for food, Mrs. TT is shredding them and bottling the shreds in water. Apparently it makes a good cooking sauce for some Thai dishes...

I've become increasingly suspicious of this 'reality show' and decided to look further. As simple Google search 'Duck Dynasty Fake revealed this and the You Tube video below. http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=140977

I've become increasingly suspicious of this 'reality show' and decided to look further. As simple Google search 'Duck Dynasty Fake revealed this and the You Tube video below. http://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=140977

Ignore the scare stories and concentrate on the conventional treatments and a good diet. You are far from beaten! It's amazing what can be achieved. My thoughts are with you.

Our initial very small flock of young free ranging banties had to learn for itself from instinct and experience. The hens seemed to know instinctively that they should lay off the ground. Most commonly used locations were tree stumps which we have placed on the land under trees to grow ferns...

Try them with papaya too.