It has now been about 6 months since we chucked in our professional careers, and our comfortable beach-side lifestyle to move an hour inland and set up our lives on an operational organic farm, just outside a small rural village of barely 300 people. We officially arrived here on the 5th December last year. Continue Reading
I don’t know why composting is so exciting but it is! We both absolutely love it. There is something magical, alchemical about turning so-called waste into mythical loam! It’s an incredibly satisfying process. I mean if you think about it – waste didn’t exist until we humans invented it. And now we have all these storage and pollution problems with our waste products. I don’t know the statistics but I reckon that 80% of the stuff we call waste can be easily composted or recycled. The rest – well we should stop making it or find a way to recycle it or make people pay to deal with it! Continue Reading
I am sitting on the floor of the caravan as I write this blog. Harry has just crept out of his under-the-bed-den to come and snuggle in my lap. Rach has gone to bed early coz she isn’t feeling 100 percent today. It’s 8.05pm. I’m writing this blog from my laptop, although we have no internet in the van, I can post it later from up at the office in daylight hours. It’s nice to be writing from the comfort of my home – a luxury I haven’t enjoyed since leaving Byron some 4 and a half months ago. Continue Reading
Since the time of our last post there has been some significant changes to our various roles on the farm. Rach has moved onto seedlings and Michelle is now taking care of irrigation up top in the fields. We are both loving our new jobs. It has been an exciting and challenging time for us both learning our new roles around the farm. Continue Reading
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A Photo Journal – March 2012 Welcome once again to our Photo-Journal. We hope you have all had a fantastic month. This month has seen our camera lens pointed at the wildlife on the farm, mostly looking for beneficial and … Continue reading
This is a quick, simple and very yummy dish. I whipped this up for Rachel on her birthday last week. We hadn’t managed to get to the shops and so we just scrounged up these ingredients from what we had in the fridge and in our little garden. Continue Reading
Hi friends,
Goodness gracious a LOT has been happening here at the farm. Its hard to know where to begin updating you all. Life has become so full, it feels like every moment of every day there is something fun to do… And always more jobs and projects waiting for your attention. Continue Reading
