Small animal systems
Column 6 in Homegrown, Weekend Magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall Animals are a joy to have around! They enrich our lives in so many ways! Here on the farm we have chooks,...
Category: Farm animals
Livestock, insects and other creatures
Happy Healthy Goats
We have been running goats at the Kendall Permaculture Farm since 2006. We have learnt a lot about them since then, and through trial and error we now have a system in place which...
How we got our chooks to lay again…
Finding a connection between EMFs and hormonal symptoms, in human and animal. Going from 1 egg every 3 days to an average of 20 eggs per day, just by protecting our chooks from EMFs.
Early morning cow routines
The early morning cow routines at Maungaraeeda, home of Tom and Zaia Kendall and the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast are very satisfying, both due to the connections between people and cows and for the end products.
Video: Practical Permaculture Training with Tom Kendall
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast shows how to consolidate your Permaculture knowledge with practical training at Maungaraeeda.
Goat Management video
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast talks about how he is managing his goats and erosion caused by them.
Tom Kendall: Systems for improving soil fertility at Maungaraeeda
Tom Kendall discusses the systems in place to improve the poor quality soil at Maungaraeeda, home of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast. He also mentions future plans and improvements.
Animal confusion: spring behaviour in autumn…
Some animals are behaving as if it is spring instead of autumn. What causes this behaviour? A call for more information and observations about this phenomenon.
Biogas Project update
On the 18th of March we started our Biogas project. This project involves making a bio-digester which will turn manure into methane gas for cooking and other energy needs. Tom had to re-do some...
Separating cream
We currently have 2 Jersey cows in milk, having had their beautiful babies not so long ago. As breastfeeding mums can attest, the more the babies feed the more the mums produce, which is...
A day in the life of Tom Kendall
We recently had a photography student named Matt on our property who had chosen us as his project for an assignment at Uni. Matt needed to portray “A day in the life of…” with...
Natural pest control
Tom and I were absolutely stumped when we saw an ad on tv (we were away, we do not have television at home, so we are a bit out of touch in regards to...
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