quarterly posts...

it seems my posting is on a quarterly basis these days but time flies with a little baby & the rumours are true...they do grow up very fast.



so have i been able to achieve much?...well of course...do i have photos to prove it?...not right at this moment...but i do have a photo of a gorgeous poppy growing in my garden inspired by my little girl.



so will you believe me then when i tell you my vegies are in full swing & so is the orchard...we're munching away on zucchini's, silverbeet, potatoes, carrotts, lettuces, remnant snow peas & shortly some cherry tomatoes. i've finished installing the drip line reticulation system from the rain water tanks (yes me...no hubby help...me only) & watching carefully as every drop slowly disappears from the tanks (its amazing how conscious you become of water when you're limited to a certain amount...& how much you love every drop of rain to replinish the supply).



i'm also trying to cook up a storm (it's hard to get to the shops much these days & certainly makes me get stuck into creating, rather than spending). so my latest is yoghurt. i've made in the past with great success, simply by putting it in a warm oven after baking but i have this new wizz bang oven that cools itself down & doesn't maintain the heat. so i've splashed out & get myself one of these:


it works great & it was cheap. we have yoghurt on so much & this is certainly allowing us to create in bulk (without all the packaging that comes along with the store bought yoghurt). i flavour it with my strawberry jam or just have it natural. you can buy the sachets of the ready to go stuff which i would also highly recommend but if you look online for yoghurt making instructions you'll find its just as easy to create from scratch.

so next on the agenda is some sewing...it's been a while!!