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15 June 2007
There is beauty lurking here
I’ve been trying to remember the point of transition, when I went from learning how to live simply and taking on one project at a time, to ...
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Starting a price book
One of the easiest ways to save money when grocery shopping is to know what price is a good price. Some supermarkets tag “bargains” that are...
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14 June 2007
Make your own yoghurt (yogurt)
I made yoghurt today. It's easy, delicious and inexpensive, costing about half the price of supermarket yoghurt. You can make yoghurt wi...
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Aquaponics in the backyard
I thought I'd give those interested in our aquaponics system a bit more info. Aquaponics is an intergrated system of growing fish and or...
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13 June 2007
Stockpiling groceries
A stockpile is a large amount of non-perishable food, cleaning products and toiletries that are purchased at sale price and stored in a cupb...
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Organising a table
I did it! Check out the photo. It took about 15 minutes to clean this table off, wipe it over with a clean cloth, sort through papers, catal...
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Disorganised and scatty
I was really disorganised and scatty at work yesterday. It didn't help that the day before was a public holiday so I tried to do two day...
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12 June 2007
Hello
I think we should introduce ourselves. My name is Rhonda. This is me in my almost 60th year. Don't look too close, I just came home fr...
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Stealing from a blind man
I'm working at my volunteer job today. I usually go in Monday and Tuesday, but yesterday was a public holiday. I love my job. I meet the...
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11 June 2007
Beating the lemon glut
I've spent part of the morning squeezing lemon juice. The lemons are from our backyard Eureka tree and have been sitting on the back ver...
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Surviving in your own home
The floods in the Newcastle area got me thinking again about being prepared for emergencies if we stayed here at home. Although it's unl...
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10 June 2007
Baking bread
I love making bread and do it almost every day. We eat it fresh and warm at lunchtime and toasted for breakfast the following morning. Any l...
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New aquaponics fish
Our aquaponics system is made up of one fish tank and two grow beds. This is one of the grow beds. I haven't written about our aquaponic...
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8 June 2007
Green tree frogs
As someone famous once said: look at this little beauty! We just found this fellow over at our big water tank. The tank is wet, green and ...
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Glasshouse Mountains
This photo of the Glasshouse Mountains is for Jenny, who expressed interest. It is to thank her for her wonderfully warm, red jumpers photo ...
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Homemade
I'm not great with the crafts, but I don't let that stop me. The way I figure it is my worst effort is better than a one of a millio...
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7 June 2007
You're the leader, they just don't know it yet
These are the lettuces and rocket I'm growing at the moment. Lettuce is easy to grow at this time of year. You'll be eating the fre...
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6 June 2007
BYO everything
A couple of weeks ago we had to drive a 300km round trip to a friend's funeral. We didn't take food or drink with us, I'm not su...
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