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Life at Fangorn – an excerpt from a letter

“Things are good here. Just when I get annoyed with the lack of space and close contact with everybody, we do a big tidy up as a family and things get better. I thought it’d be easier to keep a small space neat and tidy but it’s no different. Toys are everywhere, mostly, and my […]

To Grid or not to Grid

That is the question! We are having discussions at present about whether to connect to grid electricity. It is tempting, because then I could run a big washing machine at home… a $20,000 washing machine! It would cost $20k to connect to grid electricity. Then we would have to pay bills, despite being offset by […]

Agfest 08

Georgia posing with various machines that made even me want one! We had a great time at Agfest, in Carrick, this weekend. We drove up to Launceston and stayed with our friends, the Edrichs. It was wonderful to catch up again and the children played energetically until late at night. The adults stayed up late […]