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It has been ages since I posted- its the problem when I am swapping my time at work so i can pay someone else to gather my food. Well that’s what most people do. I guess I still play a … Continue reading →

The Little chicks have grown into velosa Raptors, in 9 weeks I have harvested 4 of them, I have left 3 to grow some more. The first meal that we ate was crumbed chicken schnitzel. Whist the whole thing has … Continue reading →

Its been a different kind of year. I feel as though I have slacked end off. I did not pick wild blackberries, plums or apricots, actually i did not make any jam at all. Truth is we still have heaps … Continue reading →

Well every time I seem to write something I am blabbing on about the new season that is upon us, but that most likely means I am not writing enough. It’s been a season to learn from, good crop of … Continue reading →

Passata I love this time of year, but it always reminds me to get more organised. I am having trouble with my Tespade mincer- only the tomato attachments broke, I had a local engineering firm fix it but it broke … Continue reading →

its amazing just how much resources there are to be had. Everywhere you look, and a lot of things we do, produce some kind of output. What possibilities are there? In this resource hungry life, many of them we just … Continue reading →

Well, time travel fast, and its 2/3rds the way through Summer- its been a trying season with really hot days that has pushed some plants to their limits. fruit trees have seem to faired well, with some first year fruit. … Continue reading →

It’s all going well at the moment- lovely time of year, grappling with space and just letting stuff grow where it comes up. I do have pumpkins coming up in the front lawn, which I will leave- if I get … Continue reading →

A great opportunity came up, where I do some butchering for a family. The offer was to cut up 6 Pigs, something I had not done for at least 10 years, not that it hard to remember. I ended up … Continue reading →

Here is a small update- this is my plan, I use excel so I can make a square and then colour code different parts of the cells to represent the vegetables. This way I can visually plan ahead and see … Continue reading →