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Skinflint Sunday: Have fun with what you have around you.
Ryan25, (yes, he’s had a birthday), called me into the Man Cave just now, saying, “Mum, have you seen this?” It’s hilarious. Look out for the cheeky side-glance Paul Rudd gives Pete Burns. My nephew and his wife are expecting … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, pets, Quality of life, quilting
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No, I’m not dead. It’s just that a lot’s been happening.
Happy New Year to you all! Such a lot has happened since the last time I posted here, almost a month ago. The year pretty much crashed and burned for my family, health-wise, with 8 people falling prey to illness … Continue reading
Posted in Children., family., Fruit trees, gardening, pets, Quality of life, quilting, reading, renovating
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Skinflint Sunday: Being productive is fun.
I have a couple of rosemary plants in wicking boxes. I like to use fresh rosemary a lot of the time but sometimes it’s handy to have some dried rosemary on hand, especially if you want to make rosemary salt … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Fruit trees, gardening, pets, Quality of life, Skinflint, vegetables, wicking beds
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Things I’ve been making.
We’ve been eating well from the pea straw that I bought in Bunnings and put down on the wicking beds to let them sleep over winter. We’ve had hundreds of peas pop up. Poppy and Scout love eating the pea pods. … Continue reading
Posted in Children., cooking, gardening, Quality of life, soap making, vegetables, wicking beds
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Skinflint Sunday: Getting Things Done before school starts again.
The day before school goes back is always a day torn between mourning my lost freedom and racing around getting little jobs finished before I go back. Today was no exception. I swore that I’d have the garden ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit trees, gardening, Quality of life, quilting, Skinflint, vegetables, wicking beds
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Skinflint Sunday: sometimes you have to spend a little…
I like the idea of doing/buying something once and then never needing to worry about doing/buying it again. I also like the idea of not cluttering up the place with plastic AND I also like the idea of cutting down … Continue reading
Posted in balance, cleaning, Peak Oil, Quality of life, Skinflint
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Skinflint Sunday: Sometimes plans change.
Remember when I put these Ballerina apple trees in, with lavender around them to encourage the bees to pollinate? Turns out I should’ve held my horses, because my plans on how big I wanted the verandah roof has changed … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit trees, gardening, Quality of life, Skinflint
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Skinflint Sunday: Another little job done.
As you can see, I’ve just about finished putting the veggie garden to bed for the winter. I just can’t bring myself to rip out the spring onions in the front bed – David25 gave me the seedlings for my … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Quality of life, Skinflint, tutorial, vegetables, wicking beds
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One more little job done.
When I had the backyard paved last winter, most of the plants were thrown away, but a few remain. One is this variegated-leaf bougainvilia on the back fence. The landscaper said it would be a feature if I trained it … Continue reading
Posted in Children., gardening, Quality of life
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