Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I didn't finish my dinner so I have something to guard from you ducks The ducks - we're totally not hanging around here waiting for you to leave 🌱 1190
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Sour orange marmalade, made from self seeded 🌱 wild fruit which is too bitter to eat but makes a great albeit bitter marmalade. 1220
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Should be peak lupine bloom now. Will die back by summer, to be replaced by summer blooming blue vetch, planted 3 years ago and coming in stronger year by year. Both nitrogen fixing perennials in the Fabaceae 🌱 family 2341
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 25/01/20252 year 🌱 irrigation master plan completed. Solved: - from 10 to 4 places to turn water on/off daily in the summer - separated zones = no over or under watering, (bleeding between zones), pressure problems solved - aging, leaky, redundant tubing replaced for easier maintenance & cost 1201
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Translation: feed me, feed me... Toulouse geese & mallards 🌱 0161
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Giant trellis - very low cost, permanent, made from standard cement roofing materials: - 8 meter beam "vigota" - 4 meter beams "vigas" partially buried - wire mesh - countervailing weight keeps everything in place Chayote vine 🌱 going in 0221
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Good boy Ricky 🌱 Mix 🇵🇹 giant Rafeiro Alentejano & Serra da Estrela breeds + good to the chickens, ducks, cats & visitors + runs from the evil geese + watchful & loyal - plays catch that kitty - guards his sister's food (from his sister) - tries hard to get loose 3381
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Orchard 🌱irrigation simplification redesign. Before, a spaghetti of leaky tubes strung on tall posts. 270
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Senescent & seedling 🌱 passion fruit vine, giant taro and greater celandine (medicinal herb) 0110
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Still going strong: Three year old jalapeño chili bush🌱 1220
Jon Hofmann @shmonuel.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Tufted vetch gone wild. There's wine grape vines under there 🌱 0160
