From my backdoor (literally stood on the step) the little building on the right is our sleep out/spareroom/art craft and school room. Veggie beds have onions, garlic and lettuce in them. The small square bed will be sweet peas. Moving towards the back – front veggie beds on the left are cabbages, kale and spinach….
Read moreThe Garden
This week has been a ‘good night’ to the garden week. I have dug over most of the beds – the capsicums are still in the ground (got about 4 left to harvest) and the parsnip bed. But the rest are guy and ready to receive generous quantities of manure and blood and bone. There…
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My Garden
Zucchini, parsnips and bol choi seedlings – a little heat singed from the 35 degree days we had just after I planted them Tomatos and the beds around the old tree stump – it needs wood chipping Garlic!! Yay – we have lots and lots, I think I got a little carried away planting them…
Read moreFrom the garden
It’s actually a shameful representation of the gardens productivity. We are also eating home grown carrots, parsnips, bokchoi zucchini, blueberries and beets. But this was the picture that made me smile. I am so proud and delighted she is sharing in the things that I remember from being a child, eating fresh shelled peas like…
Read moreChristmas Stollen
A stollen at Christmas was a tradition for my mum. She made one every christmas. So this year, for the first time I decided to uphold that tradition and make one for our home over christmas. Actually I got slightly over excited and made 4. In 2 days. I use a basic recipe I found…
Read moreIn my Garden
So I though that now spring is here and nearly summer I’d resume my weekly walk in the garden The beds are mostly all full now, a brassica spring bed that so far resisting bolting. Peas, peppers and garlic behind the wind shelter (which saved them from the 160km/h winds last night). My skinny potato…
Read moreMaking and Baking
Since coming home from our wonderful break away in Oz we have been busy settling back into our rhythms and routines. Baking muffins (pear and chic chip, delicious! Kind of used this recipe) A little light romper suit that was a last minute make before the holiday. Super easy pattern but so versatile. Breathe and…
Read moreKitchen and (fairy) Garden
Cheese straws for snacking While finishing (or nearly finishing, not quite ready to properly photograph and enter in Magic Onions 2014 collection) I’m really hoping to complete a few more bits and get a lovely dawn light with a crispy frost, but you know, that might not actually happen, I may end up submitting…
Read moreIn our kitchen
In light of my attempts to pacify my unhappy stomach I’ve been looking at ways to try and minimise the impact of gluten without totally excluding it from our lives. Mostly because I’m crap at cooking with gluten free flours. seriously the pits. everything. is. a. brick. Ive started a sourdough starter. So far (2…
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