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17 June 2009
Improving your soil
I think it's wonderful that there are a lot of new vegetable gardeners now. Growing food is part of a new way of living for some, it he...
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16 June 2009
On being part of our community
We live in a bit of a retro world here. Most of the time it's not like we're living in the 21st century, it's more like a time ...
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15 June 2009
Vegetable gardening for beginners - the 3 x 3 method
When you first take up your trowel and fork and start planting vegetable seeds for the first time there is a very strong tendency to ov...
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11 June 2009
We are in this for life
Comfort food usually makes a comeback whenever the economy does a nose dive. We also tend to use more of the cheaper cuts of meat, waste les...
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10 June 2009
Homemaking
The work of the homemaker is getting tougher. We are battling hard economic times and trying to stick to our budgets while food and fuel pr...
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9 June 2009
Another full week
Fairy cakes were baked last week. We've had a few busy days here. I sent my book proposal off to New York again yesterday afternoon aft...
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7 June 2009
Growing vegetables - raised beds and crop rotation
It didn't take us long to realise that raised vegetable garden beds were better for the type of gardening we do than anything else. We ...
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Swap News
Hello all- I am happy to report that so far we only have a handful of ladies who did not receive their parcels. It is the best we have ever...
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5 June 2009
Dump debt - own your own life
Simple life is usually about the little things - small steps, tracking small amounts of money spent during the day, taking time for yourself...
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4 June 2009
Swap Help
Charlene, could you e-mail me (Sharon) at cdetroyes at yahoo dot com so that I can get you connected to Suzen, your swap angel. I seem to h...
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3 June 2009
Hanno, Alice and Don Burke
Hanno comes home today and I begin my short break from work. I'm taking three weeks off to concentrate on writing. But the big news i...
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2 June 2009
Energy and water audits
The Energy Monitor a couple of days after installation. (Click on photos to enlarge.) We had an energy and water audit done a few weeks ago....
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1 June 2009
Recycled benches and pickles
I am sure I have the most generous readers here. Thanks to all the experienced gardeners who have offered to mentor our inexperienced garde...
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31 May 2009
Garden mentors
Good morning everyone! It's a cool sunny morning here. I've just finished tending the animals and chooks and before I start on two...
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29 May 2009
Keeping chickens and animals with your garden
I'm a solo homesteader at the moment. Hanno flew to Sydney yesterday to help my sister out with her house (a tree fell on it) so bloggi...
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27 May 2009
Your first vegetable garden
Welsh onions are planted in the top bed here. They're non-bulbing green onions, although there is a red variety of Welsh as well. ...
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