Tag Archives: greenhouse

In My Kitchen-For the first time in a while!

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

I was having a look around my kitchen to see if there may be anything of interest to post and realised it is exactly one year since I moved from the temporary kitchen into our new lovely space. I posted … 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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Back in town.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

After a few confronting weeks in India and some time to ponder the obvious troubles over there, we are back and attacking the reno with gusto. If only the tradespeople we book would do the same! We locked in to … Continue reading →

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Christmas upon us…………

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

I am not a religious person, but I love the way the Christmas period enables us to merge families and friends together to celebrate and share each others company. I am a chronic lover of certain traditions of which Christmas … Continue reading →

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Weekend with the lot!

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

This weekend was jam-packed with a variety of things. Had a great cello lesson (practice does pay off), got home to find my husband had made great progress with painting the lounge-room, I opted to work outside because it was … Continue reading →

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Day of reflection.

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

With the high level of energy I have been expending trying to keep 2 houses that are on the market in control, renovating to make the new old house reasonable enough to move into when we do finally sell our … Continue reading →

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Broad beans appearing!

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Nice restful day today after my heavy duty day yesterday. The weather also was not conducive to doing much outside, even though the sun came out at about 3 o’clock the wind is horrible. I did some more research on … Continue reading →

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Let The Sun Shine In!

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

For the first time in quite a long time, here in Gippsland  we had a Saturday where the sun managed to shine for most of the day. This was delightful, it always makes you feel a little bit better in … Continue reading →

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Aspiring Asparagus!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

My newly purchased Mary Washington asparagus crowns were showing signs of shooting so it was time to get them into their permanent(ish) home. Last week I marked out a bed with temporary edging and am now planting the asparagus and a couple … Continue reading →

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Preparing for warmer weather.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

I always like to have plenty of tomatoes to harvest for making passata, tomato sauce, drying and of course to enjoy the incomparable taste of just eating them. There is something quite tantalising about watching a tiny speck turn into … Continue reading →

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