Climbing passionflower still thriving in the cold October weather. #passionflower #garden #gardening #climber

They knocked over their water and we were out for a couple of hours. #guineafowl #pekinbantam #araucanas #peafowl #peacock #chicken #bantam #smallholding #water

Posts and railing up for the aviary. Two tall posts will prop up the 38mm pheasant netting like a tepee and chicken wire will be dug in and wrapped around the posts. #pheasant #ladyamherst #ladyamherstpheasant #peafowl #peacock #peahen #aviary #enclousure #birdenclosure #pheasantrun #smallholding #farm #poultry

Cleared the area and laid out the aviary. Hopefully the lady Amherst pheasants and peafowl will go in together. #pheasant #ladyamherst #ladyamherstpheasant #peafowl #peacock #peahen #aviary #enclousure #birdenclosure #pheasantrun #smallholding #farm #poultry

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus #albertcamus #camus #autumn #leaf #flower #smallholding #irishsmallholders #secondspring #derry #northernireland

So much wild comb since the last inspection. #bees #bee #honeybee #beekeeping #comb #wildcomb #honeycomb #sugarsyrup #smallholding #apiarylife #winterprep #ulsterbeekeepers

Starting to build some tuteurs / tepee trellises. We're going to start some willow and hazel for planting next year for coppicing. #tuteur #tepeetrellis #trellis #tepee #gardening #willow #hazel #coppice #smallholding #irishsmallholders

We decided that mealworms are too expensive to buy so we're growing them ourselves. #mealworms #chicken #chickenfood #free #freefood #farm #farmlife #smallholding #irishsmallholders

They love cabbage. #peafowl #peacock #peahen #cabbage #smallholding #irishsmallholders #uksmallholdings

Our friend Treavor that sold us the peafowl also keeps two young ostrich. He wears a baseball cap and says that sometimes when he goes down to see them one will steal his cap and they'll pass it between themselves as he's trying to take it back. #ostrich #farm #birdsofinstagram #farmlife #cap #baseballcap #childrenplaying #smallholding

The colour of the leaves on this blueberry bush is so nice. I put down some ericaceous compost to act as a mulch, stop weeds and give the soil some acidity, which the plant likes. #blueberry #blueberrybush #blueberries #red #autumn #autumncolours #ericaceous #acidic #farm #smallholding #smallholders #homestead #mulch

Hope they're strapped down well enough. #bee #bees #honeybee #nativeirishbees #beehive #apiary #apiarylife #beekeeping #ulsterbeekeepers #derry #londonderry #storm #wind #hurricane #blowy #soitis #strap #tiedown