The easiest muffins you’ll ever make
Hello! I haven’t posted on here for a long time. It’s not that I’ve nothing to say: I keep thinking of blog post ideas. I think it’s a time thing. And an energy thing. And the thing where you’d like a few moments to yourself so you can write, before you get too tired. […]
2016 Goals
And this is the time of year that I set myself some goals and publish them on my little blog. It holds me accountable. It makes me want to achieve the things I’ve set out to do. Grow more food. Each year we are getting closer to our goal of living sustainably on our […]
2015
June 2015 It has been a good year! For Georgia, 2015 was her final year of primary school, a bittersweet concoction of emotion. She represented her class on the SRC for the second time and worked on the school’s magazine committee. The grade 6s had their school camp in Melbourne, which she loved. Our […]
Reindeer poop {recipe}
Ok, so most people might know these as yum yum balls, rum balls or even truffles. At Fangorn farm we call the reindeer poop. Some cheeky children even roll them into turd-like shapes for that extra giggle factor [eye-roll]. These are really easy and quick to make, especially if you have a food processor/blender to […]
Silly birds
Silly. And broody. But so, so lovely :) I can’t get enough of these beautiful birds! The ducks have been building nests out in the garden, where the weeds are thick and make good shelter. I found a clutch of eggs when I was weeding recently. It was easy to move the eggs […]
Pickled Radish
It’s great to grow your own food, but finding ways to preserve it is also important. There are many ways to preserve food. Freezing, pickling, dehydrating, clamping and fermenting are some of the ways food can be preserved. A lot of these require energy to get the food to a state for preservation, for example, […]
Keeping Rabbits for meat
Our rabbits, Clover and Thumper, are Brittish Giant x New Zealand Giant White rabbits, and are bred for meat. Our girls are about 6 months old and they’re adorable. We got them from some friends who raise rabbits. We decided to try rabbits again for several reasons. Firstly, after Naigee died a few months ago, […]
Chickens
There’s no denying it. I love my chickens. Like, really love them. I realised that, perhaps I love them too much, this morning, when monte came in to bid me good morning with the news that a quoll must have breached our chook pen and killed two of our pullets (one of the […]
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