Nov 13 2011

Mini holiday

Exams are over, finally, yay! Paul & I celebrated by going on a mini holiday, just a quick getaway for a couple of days. Continue reading


Oct 5 2011

Life!

This is on hold (obviously! lol) while I’m at uni … no time to update.  Will try to get back into updating over the summer break.


Feb 26 2011

Busy week

It has been busy the past week, a bit of a rollercoaster with ups and downs. Continue reading


Feb 20 2011

Vege gluts

Thanks to the wonderful summer weather we have had a glut of veges lately. I have been busy preserving & freezing various things, it’s really satisfying. With some of the things it probably doesn’t save any money, but I enjoy doing it & it also means I know exactly what has gone into it! Continue reading


Feb 13 2011

Chicken!

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about buying free range chicken, she said she usually chops it in half and roasts it, so was surprised to hear what we do. Continue reading


Feb 6 2011

Living “The Good Life”

We have been watching The Good Life tv series lately, just finished with season 2. Thanks to Sarah for gifting me the DVDs :)   I love it, they remind me a lot of us – however Tom & Barbara are probably a lot nicer than we are lol – in their quest for self-sufficiency. I love Margo, she cracks me up with her comments and the fact that she hardly ever cracks a smile!

The weather here has been wet & humid, we seem to have our own little mini-climate because the lawns are nowhere near as dry as Palmerston North or the Wairarapa, we’ve had much more rain than them. Sadly it’s the perfect weather for weeds to grow, but I finally got out in the garden today & got rid of them. Continue reading


Jan 1 2011

The chickies have landed!

Four weeks ago one of our ex-battery hens got broody, quite unusual for a hyline hen as they have it bred out of them so they lay more eggs, but we decided to put some eggs under her and see what happens. Continue reading


Dec 3 2010

Crazy animal antics

There’s been some funny things happening with the animals lately. Continue reading


Nov 17 2010

Animals!

Paul’s sis Sarah came and stayed with us recently, was awesome to have her come visit for the first time. She took a bunch of cool photos, some under the cut :)

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Oct 24 2010

Unexpected arrival – it’s a boy!

We have a new – unexpected – addition to the family. Our sheep are looking quite fat at the moment, Eve in particular was quite big. It didn’t occur to us that she might be pregnant, so we got a shock today when suddenly there was wee lamb in the paddock as well!

** Edit: a couple more photos added :) Continue reading