ShareI’ve been playing with the site a bit; this post is just a simple test to make sure it’s all working again…
[Continue reading...]Rosella’s in the Garden
July 18, 2009 By
ShareThese lovely guys have been visiting us recently in the mornings. I’m not sure if they’re Eastern Rosella’s or Crimson Rosella’s, whatever they are, they’re gorgeous! They come into the back yard and eat the seed that the chickens have missed.
[Continue reading...]More Bread
July 18, 2009 By
ShareThis is a version of sourdough bread. It’s from the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking but there’s the basic recipe online at http://www.motherearthnews.com/print-article.aspx?id=142688 I’ve ordered the book, and in the meantime I made the basic recipe. I made it up about four days ago and it’s [...]
[Continue reading...]That Must’ve Hurt..
July 7, 2009 By
ShareOne of the chickens laid an 85gm egg yesterday. To put that into perspective, their eggs are usually 50-60gm. So that’s an increase of around 25-33%! It’s definately a double yolker, and a friend suggested it could even be a triple yolk. Guess I’ll find out in a few days when I crack it. All [...]
[Continue reading...]Illness and Chicken Pox
June 9, 2009 By
ShareThe kidlet has been sick for two weeks. Luckily she’s finally back at school today. Two weeks ago she had the whole week off school because of weird tummy pains and high temperatures. She could have gone to school on the friday, but it was their athletics carnival so I decided to keep her home. [...]
[Continue reading...]He’s Home!!!
May 5, 2009 By
ShareDH arrived back home last thursday night. He pointed out to me on the weekend that I’d posted about running, but not about him getting home… guess I was too excited to do that! So far he’s slept a lot and watched a lot of DVD’s. Catching up on six months of constant working and [...]
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