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20 September 2010
Birthday photos
Just a short note to update you on the past couple of days of birthday celebrations. Tricia arrived on Thursday and while Hanno and I wer...
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15 September 2010
It's Hanno's birthday, plus other excitement
First things first. It's Hanno's 70th birthday on Sunday! The whole family is coming, my sister arrives tomorrow, and all the kids...
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14 September 2010
Soap - a new recipe
Next Tuesday I'll be starting the first of two workshops on soap making at my local Neighbourhood Centre. The classes are booked out,...
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13 September 2010
Chicken, four ways
Every time I cook I try to produce something delicious, with no nasty additives, that gives me value for the money and time I put into it....
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10 September 2010
You mean, we don't have to live like this?
I am continuing on from yesterday's post. There were many comments about how we are sometimes treated when we live the way we do, some...
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9 September 2010
Passing on what we know
We all use different clocks. Ours at home is more a seasonal time-frame, or one that revolves around meals and sleep patterns, whereas the...
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8 September 2010
Aquaponics revisited - UPDATED
I've had a few emails recently asking about aquaponics so I thought I might do an aquaponics post, even though we sold our system three...
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7 September 2010
It's Landcare Week
I am a firm supporter of my local Landcare group - Barung Landcare. This week in Australia is Landcare week and they've asked me to high...
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This is where I work
Today I am featuring the last of the 'this is where I work" photos and travel to Laura Jeanne's home in Canada to see just what...
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5 September 2010
Another quiet Sunday
I am alone at the moment. It's 5.35am, Sunday. Hanno has gone to the farmers' market to buy a few seedlings and fruit, it's qui...
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4 September 2010
Some weekend listening
My friends at Radio National's Future Tense sent this link to their program on The Slow Movement . It's an interesting broadcast ab...
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3 September 2010
Start early and never stop
I often write here about building up our stockpiles, creating gardens full of fresh vegetables and making, rather than buying, many of the r...
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