The dawn of a new year has a way of filling us with energy and inspiration, and here on the homestead, we’re diving into 2025 with big dreams and dirty hands! This year, it’s all about reconnecting with what we love most: sustainable living, nurturing our little corner of the earth, and embracing life’s beautiful …
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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 given birth to our second child. We had a big, beautiful blank canvas but boy …
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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 their complete planting kit which contained fertilizers, microbes and bio-stimulants. The bulbs we chose were …
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. Not only does it look lovely but it’s in a really convenient part of the …
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 into meal portions for us ready to go into the freezer. We, however, wanted to …
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 we have achieved and learnt in the past year. We are so proud of what …
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 flowers we planted at the start of spring had finally started flowering in Miss E’s original fairy garden, She is …
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 hamper consisted of the same or similar home made items and then some personalised items …
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 fermenting at home. Surprisingly we really enjoyed it! My Husband posted on a local produce …
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 using Dutch ovens to bake bread in and were intrigued. We usually only use these …
