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When we first started our large vegetable garden in 2018 we were on a very tight budget. We had just purchased our first home and moved 6 hours away from friends and family. Not only that but I had just

Yesterday was the day we had been waiting for. Our garlic was ready for harvest. The leaves were pretty dry and the stalks were starting to fall over. We bought our seed bulbs from Tasmanian Gourmet Garlic as well as

Our herbs and spices have always been crammed into the top shelf of our pantry where you can't see or reach what you're after. That is until today. Both hubby and I are so excited about our new herb rack.

Those of you that have been following our Instagram or Facebook posts will have seen that we purchased half a steer off a lovely local lady we know. The butcher did an amazing job and everything was prepped and packaged

I didn't realise how long it had been until since I had written an actual blog post so this one is definitely long overdue.Whilst we've been prepping and planning our latest garden plans we've been reminiscing about all the things

Lucky Miss E was given some fairies, a new toadstool and a DIY terrarium kit for Christmas. We decided to revamp her fairy garden and blend the old and new fairy garden accessories together. The original fairy garden The flowers

Some of you may have noticed that the page was rather quiet in the lead up to Christmas. This was definitely not the case at our house! I was busily making lots of goodies to our families Christmas hampers. Each

I was super skeptical about drinking and making Kombucha. The thought of the gooey SCOBY really turned my stomach. We decided to try a store bought bottle of Kombucha to see if it was something we would like to try

As you know, we have started buying bread flour in bulk to bake our own bread at home. We have previously made them in our bread making, however this creates an upright style loaf. We have been watching videos on

We have had our Raspberry plants in pots for over a year now , so it was exciting to finally have garden space designated just for them. We also picked up a tiny Boysenberry plant on our last Bunnings trip

Our seedlings are off to a great start. Nearly all of our seeds have sprouted and the seedlings that are through are now powering. The Broccoli, Red Cabbage and Kale have all come through and are powering. The two Zucchini's

We love eating homemade bread. The smell of it cooking and those first slices when it's hot out of the bread maker, you just can't beat it. We really like the Laucke Crusty White bread mix and keep an eye

I love handmade gifts. Especially when they are made by someone you know. You know that a lot of time, thought and care went into the gift. When I found out our friends had a baby girl I knew what

A quick update on our seeds. Some of the seeds have pushed through! Now we just need them to keep powering until the frost risk is gone and they are big enough to plant out into the garden beds.

Miss E was gifted a fairy garden for her second birthday but it has been a constant battle to keep the plants alive. We started with strawberry plants but they were pulled out by a certain someone... We then tried