The feijoas are in full swing. As usual, we’re having trouble keeping up with them and I am scolding myself for not having pruned the hulking great tree properly yet. We also have figs, apples and some grapes, from a huckory old vine that is in the Corner Pen, which I have never looked after … More An Autumn Garden Update
The Husband and The Little Fulla had been doing something out the front for rather a while and I was enjoying sitting and writing my blog in the peace and quiet. Then The Husband came in and asked me to come and help him with something out the front, but he would not tell me … More In Which The Husband Begins Assembling Something
Guys, we have had rain, glorious rain! We have been weather forecast website groupies lately. The tanks were getting low and the rain kept frustratingly disappearing off the forecasts. Then we heard that a cyclone was heading our way and we were like, “Bring on the cyclone!” Ok, I know that sounds crazy in some … More In Which The Long-awaited Rain Arrives
2018 was the year of learning to balance projects and tasks with people time and rest time. I started the year with a long list of things that I wanted to achieve on the homestead. I didn’t get the memo that a small child’s first year at kindy is characterised by much sickness. The Little … More 2018 Homestead Report
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