Monday, January 17, 2011
Filling the biscuit jars
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Rainy day crafting
I never want to throw these little pieces of art out so I have a few simple clip frames along my hallway where I rotate the pictures. Jonty gets very proud to see his creations hanging all specially framed for everyone to see!
Monday, January 10, 2011
A morning walk in the garden
Often early in the morning, at least as soon as the sun comes up, Jonty and I head out into the garden to say hello to the chickens and just to try to burn off some energy.
Then the other chooks are checked on and have their feed topped up and water changed. Jonty always likes to spread a little seed on the ground so he can get amongst them and give them sneaky pats when they are scratching around.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Garlic harvest

I had calculated when planting to grow enough to get us through to the next harvest and also allowed enough to be used as seed for the following planting.
It is a great crop to grow. Basically you get a bulb from planting a clove, so save ten cloves for seed and you get ten bulbs (approximately 100 cloves of garlic). I figure that I have only had to buy the seed the once and from now on I'll just save from the previous harvest for planting and it will go on and on year after year unless I lose a whole crop due to disease or something. This is basically the principle behind seed saving, and if you are going to start anywhere on this process then garlic is a good place to start.
I've found it really easy to grow. It's a long growing season but once it's planted you just need to keep it watered and you should be right. I can't imagine that there would ever be any pest problems.
And, it tasted better than the generic white bulbs that you buy from most places!
A handmade Christmas
I am a little late on this post really but I have have been having trouble settling back into my regular routine after being away for Christmas and also Jonty has been sick and needing all of my attention . . . at ALL times!

And for the kids I had a few little ideas that I made up. For one nephew I sewed up a pencil roll from recycled denim and vintage car fabric,
and for the other nephews I made my own version of a wall pocket organiser that I had seen in a book somewhere. My nephews have just moved house and need somewhere to store all of their collected odds and ends.
Anyhow, things are returning to normal again and I am hoping to now post regularly, or at least more often.
So, a little update on Christmas. About two weeks beforehand I decided that I was going to make all of my gifts and in hindsight I now realise that this was a little too ambitious, but having set myself the goal I had to follow through (I am very stubborn you see) and after a few late nights I was able to cross everything off my list.
And for the kids I had a few little ideas that I made up. For one nephew I sewed up a pencil roll from recycled denim and vintage car fabric,
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