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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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26 May 2009
Maintaining your garden tools
The past few days have been incredibly busy for me. I had a 12 hours day at the Centre yesterday and go back again today. Hanno is going do...
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25 May 2009
Living off the land
Lettuce, bok choi and cabbages. One of my fantasies when I was younger was to wander off into the bush and live off the land. In the 197...
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22 May 2009
Good night and sweet dreams
Are you wanting to simplify and don't know where to start? Here is s small step everyone can do. It's easy, won't cost any mon...
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21 May 2009
Answering the questions
Alice says hello. ;- ) Good morning! We've had some wild weather these past couple of days with about 250 mm (nearly 10 inches) fallin...
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20 May 2009
Making cold pressed soap - focusing on the process
I made a batch of soap last weekend. For me, soap making is one of those defining tasks of a simple life. Like bread making, it is a powe...
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19 May 2009
A crossroads
I'm at a mini crossroad today. I started preparing for this change on the weekend and tomorrow I dive right in. From tomorrow, five d...
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18 May 2009
The feeling of the garden
A wonderful balance is reached in Autumn and Spring when the weather is neither hot nor cold, the harsh bright light of summer takes on a mo...
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Swap news
Hello all- just dropped in to remind everyone about finishing up the swap. We seem to have two missing swap buddies: Sandra Tolley and Jan...
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14 May 2009
It's my second birthday - and a giveaway
The Brandywines are growing fast. That sentence was the first one I wrote in my blog and it was on 14 May, 2007. And now, after 901 posts, ...
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