Tag: country
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back on the farm
I have left hot and dry Melbourne and have arrived in cold snowy Illinois. And I am tired and hungry. The difference is marked. The trip was long. I don’t usually drag my body across the work with such speed. But I don’t have time to waste now. There is a sense of urgency in…
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With 35,000 choices a day, how many do you Make On Purpose?
What an enormous question! I don’t feel like I make that many choices a day? I feel tired just thinking about it. And all our choices – even the unconscious decisions – can have a profound effect on the people in our lives, the homes we live in, the planet? From when to sow your…
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Farm Daze
Pictures for you! Today I am going to be outside pruning all the branches that are covering my windows. They are great in the summer for keeping the heat out but I want warm sun shining into the room for the winter to help with the heating. The growth in the few months I have…
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SLEEP IS FUNNY
I understand the biology but really sleep is so odd. Dark comes – we get tired. We all sleep at the same time even the birds even the animals. Our dogs. We all crawl into our safe corners and sleep. Except the nocturnal ones I suppose- but what if people were nocturnal. How different would…
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Pond Plants
I am off out this morning to find the gardens of a baking friend. A couple who I met through janiesmill who live about an hour from here, love to bake with good flour and have a small business growing plants native to this area. I have dug a little canal to an overflow pond…
The Kitchen's Garden 