The Beaches Farm Girl

Straight talking sustainability

  • Grow Vegetables in Vertical Planters for Small Spaces Like an Expert

    Grow Vegetables in Vertical Planters for Small Spaces Like an Expert

    Vertical planters are all the rage overseas at the moment, so I’m going to give it a try in my Australian urban farm/homestead/backyard. Vegetable gardening is great for saving money, but if you aren’t making the most of the sunshine you have, growing delicious food may be harder than it needs to be. Vertical planters…

  • Seeds for Winter Garden Success: What You Need to Plant Now

    Seeds for Winter Garden Success: What You Need to Plant Now

    It might feel strange sowing seeds in winter, but if you want to be eating from your garden all year round, you need to be planting seeds throughout the year. It’s the middle of winter here in my backyard garden, and you might be surprised at what’s still going in the ground this July! If…

  • 🌴 Castaway Island Resort Fiji is The Best Family Holiday

    🌴 Castaway Island Resort Fiji is The Best Family Holiday

    When we were on the ferry heading home from Mana Island last year we spotted Castaway Island Resort and put it on our bucket list. The waters around it, Hobie Cats sitting on the beach, and the pure joy and relaxation of the people on their way home was what we wanted for our next…

  • My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge

    My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge

    The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.

  • How to Install a Raised Garden and Grow Vegetables

    There are many things to consider when making a new garden bed, particularly when the intention is to grow food. The most important thing is the amount of sun that the spot in the garden gets. To grow vegetables you need a minimum of six hours of sunshine a day. When deciding to start growing…

  • Seven short months In The Garden With My Baby

    How life has changed over the last seven months, which have flown by in the blink of an eye. Lara has grown from a sleeping bundle of joy hanging out in the sling whilst I garden, to sitting on my hip in the sling and reaching out for things to pick and eat. In the…

  • Restaurant Sake in The Rocks, Sydney Serves Flavour Sensations

    Sake restaurant in The Rocks, Sydney has become a bit of a family favourite, so we were rather excited when we were invited to share Dad’s 60th birthday with him there. The evening was a feast for the eyes and the mouth. Somehow Dad and I have developed the same obsession with miso soup even…

  • How to Make Nice ANZAC Paleo Biscuits

    A friend sent me the link to a paleo ANZAC biscuit recipe just before ANZAC day. I guess my attempts at Paleo have been noted. That said I admit that I follow the Paleo lifestyle EXTREMELY loosely. This recipe was appealing as I seriously wanted to bake biscuits for Anzac day as I have done…

  • Restaurant Coca Chu Vietnamese Thai Fusion on Hamilton Island

    The family dined at Coca Chu restaurant on Hamilton Island for Pa’s birthday dinner. It had a lovely ambiance with a delicious Vietnamese Thai fusion menu. Our meal consisted of many scrumptious share plates. Most of which weren’t safe long enough for me to photograph. They looked and smelt so great that we couldn’t wait…

  • Restaurant SoCal Serving Up Delicious Southern Californian Plates and Vibes

    We FINALLY made it to restaurant SoCal in Neutral Bay for a weekend treat. I have been wanting to go to this restaurant since I saw them preparing to open. Normally when you want to do something for so long, by the time you finally do it the anticipation is so high that the experience…

  • Parenting Tricks and Tools of the SAHM Trade

    I’ve decided to share a few tools that are helping me perform. Lately I’ve been flooded with articles and social media posts about stay at home mums (SAHM) and working mums (WM) and how difficult their lives are. This post certainly isn’t going to touch on any of those issues, it is about how I’ve…

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