Category: Tales from the Homestead
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The Big Wet
Tales from the Homestead The Big Wet 12th October 2022 We have had some truly horrendous weather here over the last two weeks, but this is the first time I’ve actually been anxious and scared about what could of happened! Luckily, we got away relatively unscathed, unlike a few people around the town. Last week…
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Tales of the Homestead
Tales of the Homestead-The New Arrivals! 29th September 2022 I cannot contain my excitement any longer and I need to let you all in on the secret!!! For those of you that follow our facebook page (click here!), you would have seen a post about the new pen we put together last week! We were…
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Tales of the Homestead- 19/9/22
Tales of the Homestead- The Experiment of the “Flour Free, Gluten Free, Bread” 19th September 2022 Let me start by saying, I am NOT gluten intolerant, and I do not sustain a gluten free diet (HELLLLL NO!), but my mum is gluten intolerant as well as many of my close friends being Celiac’s or Crohn’s…
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Tales of the Homestead- Mooey
The Tale of Mooey the Maggie Where do I start with this tale? You see, this one is a hard tale to tell, and one I’d been putting off, as Mooey is no longer with us and it has left a gaping hole here at the homestead. OK, here we go, hope you have your…
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Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Since it’s pouring rain, yet again, here at the homestead, I thought I’d fill you in on what I tend to do with my days (if I’m not working) when it’s too miserable to play outside! Obviously, for someone like me, not getting outside can be, well, crap!! I hate it! I used to get…
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The Chicken, the Eggs and the Hot Water Bottle!!
As I mentioned in the previous blog, we may have developed a serious Chicken addiction. Not just you little ‘oh some chickens would just finish off the homestead nicely’, kind of thing, more like a full blown ‘let’s get one in every colour, size and breed’, kind of addiction. Yes, seriously, that bad! Anyhoo…. We…
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The Beginning- the short version!
Where do we being? How about I start right back at the beginning, just over 2 years ago…… Mark and I were living a very…..lets hear it again…..VERY…..Busy life in a, well, very busy, heavily populated regional town in Victoria. Bendigo.Now to any normal person, this is a reasonably small-ish kind of town, but to…
A Lil' Bit Hippie 