
Monday hero
Welcome to a new week! And what a blustery, cold start it’s been here in our corner of the Otways. We had an amazing storm last night,...

Water Bath for pickles
One of the most delicious ways of preserving vegetables is by pickling them. And when you pickle something, you usually give it a water...

Inspiration Monday
Be inspired by Kylie Treble from the Place of Wonder. Organic food grower, chef and educator.

Back again!
Hello again! It’s been lean pickings here in my blog world of late. Life gets a little busy sometimes and we lose focus of what we...

Garlic planting again!
When does it get quiet? By that I mean, when can we put our feet up for a few weeks and just ‘be’? Not yet. It seems that we’ve not...

We're a little 'pickled'
Let’s talk a little about pickles. If you’re thinking that pickles are only used to decorate a burger at a certain fast food chain, then...

Off to a productive start to 2017
Welcome to another year of me rambling on about life in the country! As we move into our sixth year of living in the beautiful Otways, we...

Are we all nuts? Our food system is stuffed!
I don’t know about you, but I get very frustrated when I pick up a grocery item, turn it over to look at where it comes from and all I...

Job done!
Never give up on getting a job on your 'wish list' ticked off!

Bread and honey
Up until around eight months ago, if you’d arrived at our kitchen door at 8am, you’d have been in time to have a cup of freshly brewed...