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Revisiting and seeing with new eyes after being away.

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

We have just returned from a month-long holiday in New Zealand and it is nice to come home and revisit things I haven’t looked at closely for a while and ponder on how much we have done in such a short … Continue reading →

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End of Summer season in the patch

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

I take my hat off to all our dedicated food growers, especially those who are committed to growing organically. It’s when we have seasons like this I can’t help but wonder how this nation ever got off the ground at … Continue reading →

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In My Kitchen – January 2016.

Posted on January 3, 2016 by

Welcome to 2016 where a very busy year is staring us straight in the smacker. To start the year, we have a grand baby due to arrive (literally any tick of the clock), a wedding in February, hopefully a working kitchen soon … Continue reading →

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Baby steps but getting there!

Posted on October 20, 2013 by

With the addition of 3 new wicking beds in the area allocated as the produce garden we can start to see how the final area will look and how workable it will be. I’m REALLY excited that I have more … Continue reading →

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I proclaim today a P.I.P day!

Posted on August 25, 2013 by

I’ve decided I’m going to create something called a P.I.P day. That is my acronym for a ‘pig in poop’ day. I have had the best weekend doing exactly what I love doing and that is playing around in the … Continue reading →

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Food and fun.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

This weekend has been lovely. Almost tea with my son and his girlfriend at their new home (no dinner because all the take-a ways were closed!). They are doing a great job giving a sad old post war weatherboard home … Continue reading →

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What a lovely weekend!

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Finally some stable weather and some lovely sun, not too hot, not too cold, just right! I had planned to get a start on my new Sproutwell Greenhouse but got waylaid with lots of other jobs. We made  great progress … Continue reading →

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