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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…
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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…
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🌴 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…
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My First Chicken Rooster Harvest Challenge
The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.
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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…
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Book Review Police of the Harry Holt Thriller Crime Series
Police by Jo Nesbo is part of the Harry Holt series and the first one that I have read. But it won’t be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thriller novel. Unlike every other book I’ve read I didn’t have a favourite character. Or a character that I couldn’t stand. Every one played an…
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My Kitchen Garden Organic Summer Harvest Best of Sustainable Living
This evening I ventured out in to the vegetable garden to gather dinner. What I found was slim pickings of lettuce (as I left it too long between succession planting), some delicious yellow tomatoes, basil, chilies and two eggs from the chickens. We made a simple garden salad that didn’t include the chili or the…
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Holidays Off The Grid on the Northern Beaches
We started 2014 in the best way I could imagine, off the grid. My little family and I escaped up Coal and Candle Creek, and Smiths Creek for a few days of R&R on the boat. When I say ‘escaped’ I really do mean it, there is no phone reception in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park which…
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Labouring Baby Lara In Six Short Fierce Hours
Lara and I, 24 hours after labouring. Photo by Sheridan Nilsson. I kept going backwards and forwards thinking about whether or not to publish this post about labouring Lara. Then someone told me that my birth story was so great that someone should make a movie out of it. Luckily there wasn’t a video camera…
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How to Make a Healthy Snack the Family Will Love
Simple bacon frittata muffin recipe that is super quick and easy to make, and everyone will love to eat.
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Time Goes Too Fast When You’re Having Fun
My last post was on Thursday 19th September, for a very valid reason, I went in to labour at the lovely time of 2am on Friday 20th September. I was lucky enough to be holding my gorgeous baby girl in my arms by 8:22am. Since then I have seriously lost all concept of time. It…
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