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12 August 2009
Cooking fish - whiting
I thought I should say a bit about our climate here after a few comments and emails yesterday. We live in a wonderful area of Australia - i...
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11 August 2009
The vegetable garden - change of seasons
I love our garden. There are certain times of the year when being out there seems to be the only possibility. We are in that time now - wh...
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10 August 2009
Compost - let your chickens do the work
I am sure most of you know that adding organic material, usually in the form of compost, to your soil will give you better crops. It's ...
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7 August 2009
Sewing and baking
The new sofa (red) with the old sofa from the bedroom. I didn't finish everything on my list yesterday but I made great headway. I'm...
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6 August 2009
Nothing is free
Thank you all so much for your supportive and loving comments yesterday. They made a huge difference to my day. I phoned my friend late ye...
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5 August 2009
This is as real as it gets
As you all realise, what I write about each day here on my blog is just a small fraction of what actually happens here. I know this post is...
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3 August 2009
Work - who does what?
While I don't want to make DTE a question and answer blog, I do want to address a question Donetta posed last week. In part, she wrote:...
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30 July 2009
Beef casserole
It's cold outside, just right for a warming winter casserole. Ever since I read the wonderful Nourishing Traditions book, we've gon...
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29 July 2009
Getting others on board
I want to thank everyone who commented yesterday on the washing powder post. Sharing our our experiences gives us all more knowledge and wa...
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28 July 2009
Troubleshooting in the laundry
Just a quick post today because I'm going to work and I have a few things to do before I go. It will be a big day there as I'm pres...
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27 July 2009
Wool moths!
I cleaned out my work room on Saturday, a job that had been waiting for me since the wedding. With Tricia and I rummaging in the fabric stas...
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26 July 2009
Sunday viewing & reading - preserving food
I came across a very good series of You Tube videos on dehydrating foods recently. There are a few there and well worth taking some time f...
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24 July 2009
The evolution of the dish cloth
A reader asked me to write more on dishcloths - she is having problems with the cloths she knitted because they're too thick and don...
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22 July 2009
Living simply - how to start
Next in the series of readers questions is how to start living simply. Well, the answer to this is to know why you want to simplify your lif...
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