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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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