The chooks are now back on the first mandala. This picture shows the second circle, knee-deep in grass and various other weeds, just before we moved the dome onto it (and the other photo shows a couple of escapee chooks having a great time in the area behind the last circle in that mandala).
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A few visitors to the garden, overwhelmed by our fantastic view, have suggested that it would be a good idea to have a photo of the view from the garden for a change, rather than yet more photos of the garden itself - so here's the view (the river that you can see is the Murumbidgee, and in the background are the Brindabellas) 
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To transform bare earth into fertile soil, the chooks have to be given great quantities of material - grass clippings, garden waste, food scraps, leaves and straw. I now travel with a tarpaulin and a pair of gloves in the boot of my car, so that I can gather mulch wherever I see it. A few weeks ago, I was in town gathering leaves by the side of the road (as one does), when a truck drew up and the driver asked if I needed some mulch, because he had large quantities of spoiled hay that he didn't want, and he wondered if I'd like it! Even more serendipitous, the hay was stored in a yard in Hall, the nearest village to our farm. So, a few weeks later (with a little help from Bruce), this vast quantity of mulch arrived in our backyard.
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