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16 November 2023
New mugs, Zwilling storage and Pinkie is in and growing
I'm still living in the outernet, still loving it and still glad to be alive. I wrote about the outernet here if you have the time to r...
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15 October 2021
Weekend Reading, baking and lemons
I don't remember if I told you about the American magazine Taproot's latest edition. The current edition features four simple living...
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7 August 2021
Weekend Reading and Preserving
I haven't spent much time online reading this week so todays post is going to be quite short. Hanno and I have been busy creating a brom...
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13 November 2020
Weekend Reading
Here is our really tasty lime cordial alongside a jar of radish sprouts I just started. I bought a small bag of limes when I was shopping la...
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13 January 2020
Looking forward, looking back
We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday. We both d...
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7 November 2019
Tea with Clare Bowditch and friends
It's been a crazy week with many visitors, reading, gardening, rest and a lot of busyness snaking through my days. The highlight of the...
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29 June 2019
Writing, cooking and teaching
It's been a very busy week here with no time for blogging. I'm sending out the notes for my writing and blogging workshops today an...
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9 June 2019
Saturday at Hetzel House
I still have one spot in the blogging workshop and a few spots in the writers' group. Full details are here: https://down---to---earth...
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29 May 2019
How to make chilli jam
I'm still dealing with the over-supply of chillies so a couple of days ago I pulled out the bush, stripped the chillies off and starte...
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11 February 2019
Dried apricot jam and elderberry cordial
It's been hot and humid here this past week. Most days, Hanno and I both took advantage of the cooler temperatures before 8am and did a...
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24 January 2019
Bread and butter cucumbers, from scratch
Preserving small amounts of fruit and vegetables is a good way to minimise food waste, cut the cost of providing interesting food and a goo...
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18 June 2018
Preserving food and drinks
There are many food products that are easy to preserve at home. They are usually tastier, healthier and cheaper than those you can buy, and...
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19 January 2018
Weekend reading
I took advantage of the Aldi special on cucumbers this week and bought 10 continental cucumbers for 79 cents each. It's good to sto...
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29 June 2017
Transforming vinegar and lemon juice
We have so many visitors here that sometimes it feels like we're camping in the middle of Central Station. I'm a solitary soul and ...
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13 February 2017
A slow busy week ahead
It was 42C on the verandah here yesterday but I believe it was much hotter out west. I'm very grateful we have an air-conditioned house...
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