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7 February 2013
Making butter and cultured butter
Hanno and Kerry drove to Toowoomba at 2am this morning so Kerry could board the plane to take him out west to work. Sunny needs the car dur...
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22 October 2012
Preserving food the old fashioned way
I had an email from seagreen last week asking: I am getting more and more interested in preserving. I've always done a bit, jams an...
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20 September 2012
Simple milk and beer
It's been a busy week here. I've been making soap and cheese, we had all the therapy and doctor's visits and then yesterday, Ha...
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25 January 2012
Making ginger beer from scratch
We had a nice supply of ginger beer going over Christmas. It's a delicious soft drink for young and old, although there is an alcoholic...
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19 September 2011
Yoghurt - make it yourself
Thank you all for your kind thoughts for us as we grieve for Alice. Last week was a very sad one for us and it helped knowing that Alice ...
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11 August 2011
Homemade sour cream and chilli jam
A couple of days ago I made a batch of cultured cream and some chilli jam and Eclair asked if I would write more about them. We have quite ...
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23 May 2011
Making vinegar the old way
A warm and sincere thank you to everyone who visited Sarndra yesterday. We are both delighted with your lovely and encouraging comments. I...
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24 January 2011
Growing elder flowers for drinks
In his books, the late John Seymour tells us that in addition to the many foods found in fields and pastures, like rabbits, berries, nuts an...
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20 December 2010
T'was the week before Christmas
The last weekend before Christmas - it was slowly busy and relaxed here. I worked on the book on Saturday and kept yesterday as a pottering...
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