Having grown up in Sydney being told we’d all be dead if we ate a poisonous mushroom, we’ve kind of avoided all the mushrooms sprouting about the farm during Autumn/Winter, so thank goodness for the local French chef and mushroom connoisseur who has pointed out the folly of our ways! Albert, or as the kids call [...]
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Today was also goats milk soapmaking day and I wanted to create a new scent using organic essential oils. But first stop…the goats for milking! Step 1. Put milk pail up high so the goats can’t knock it over. The Honeycomb Valley view Step 2: Feed the girls some goat treats There's lots of yummy things in our [...] That is the question we’re now faced with after the ol’ microwave gave up the ghost today. Just a few years ago I would have just tossed it and rushed out to buy another…replace, upgrade, replace, upgrade…afterall, that’s just what we did. Not now though. We’re kind of thinking: do we really need a microwave if we [...] We made our first few test batches of goats milk soap last year thanks to the fresh milk our beautiful British Alpine goat Tracey was giving us (now she’s been joined by our lovely Saanen girls so we’re practically swimming in it). We went down the soap-making route because our youngest daughter suffers from eczema and [...] For a girl who a few years back was more used to take away than finding her way around the kitchen, I’m not doing too bad! Last night we made our first goat’s milk ice cream using our farmstay goats’ milk. Thanks to the recipe by the SBS’s Matthew Evans, we were on our way. Out came [...] When we got started on the self sufficient life, we gobbled up all the information we could find from books, courses and the Internet…but nothing beats meeting a person or group of people who take you under their wing and generously show you the hows, the whys and the what ifs. You’ll find great mentors at Landcare, [...] I love a bargain like the next person, but sometimes value does cost more and here are two examples to prove it. 1. If you buy a dairy goat, get a fabbo registered one from a stud known for being one of the best! The milk from these ladies is AMAZING! For a family who have turned [...] You know what’s cool? That it doesn’t matter what’s going on around us, we can all make little changes in our own lives that can have an impact and make us feel great too. Today’s change for us was switching from packaged cows milk to goat milk…that’s because Ivy & Kay arrived! Sure, not everyone has [...] |
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