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On the phone 23 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
Hello! While some of you might already be following along on Facebook or Instagram, I thought I might do a Friday download of the pictures of the week. Happy Friday, lovely folk xx Clockwise: The mark...
upping stakes 20 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
So we've made some mistakes. One day, when in the majority our mistakes are far enough back to be anecdotal only, I'm going to write a book called Fiasco Farming. Detailing the debacle. That's if I ha...
Women's work 19 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
I've been looking at these seed potatoes for weeks now. I searched high and low for Purple Majesty this year, I was ON A MISSION. Absolute dedication. I've heard all about them. They're deep indigo al...
happy days 18 Aug 2013 | 02:16 pm
Today was a cracker. It was gloriously Spring, although of course it's not yet, and the activity in the beehives is high and the paddocks are filling with chickens. We had a visit from Feather and Bon...
spinning 5 Aug 2013 | 04:34 pm
Well hello! It feels like a year since I've been around here. A year's worth of stuff has whizzed by, surely. Phonecalls, emails, planning planting weeding baking school-run laundry market after marke...
Harvesting ginger 10 Jul 2013 | 06:46 pm
Last spring, a lovely man that Adam was doing some farm contracting work for gave us a few ginger roots to plant. Exciting! I spoke to a friend of Mum and Dad's, David, who successfully grew it every ...
it's a good day for.... 8 Jul 2013 | 06:06 pm
... chilling out after a big weekend of markets (Berry! Wonderful! Have I told you how much I love doing produce markets?!) ... being on school holidays ... catching up with lovely friends we haven't ...
time flies 4 Jul 2013 | 07:55 pm
Hello! Hello, JULY! Jeepers. Sometimes it feels like a rush from market to meeting to garden to kitchen and suddenly it's school pick up again. Really? It's really three o'clock already? Some days the...
winter garden 10 Jun 2013 | 06:12 pm
We're incredibly lucky with such a mild climate that we can keep growing things alive and harvesting around here throughout winter and without cold frames or greenhouses. (Although a greenhouse is on ...
scarecrow 9 Jun 2013 | 03:52 pm
Milton is very, very pretty. And what a fun idea an annual scarecrow festival is. We swung down there with a picnic and a carefree day and FAR OUT those scarecrows were SCARY!! Pretty much without exc...
