Earlier in the week i got busy freezing eggs and had a bowlful of shells left that i wanted to ‘recycle’. I often crush them finely to feed back to the hens as a diet supplement or scatter among the vegetable garden to deter the cabbage moths….but this time i wanted to get a little more creative and use them for…
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Family Valentines Fun….
We don’t tend to do much for Valentine’s day in the way of presents but we did show some family love in a few little ways…… A family trip to the beach on Sunday……. Unfortunately this is how poor Ruby spent most of the morning…..wasn’t impressed and just wanted cuddles… Tara on the other hand was her usual daredevil self!…
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Preserving an egg abundance!
Since bringing home our hens last year they have been laying extremely well…almost too well! We just cannot use all the eggs they are delivering us even though we have been giving them away! They are such lovely eggs and i have really noticed a difference cooking with them….but on the weekend i looked at the overflowing basket of eggs yet…
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Sand and Cookies….
The sun is shining (like it’s actually summer!)and we have a new ‘favourite’ activity…so, so easy that i wanted to share it with you…i do recommend it as an outside activity though! Our little sandpit is getting low (still haven’t built our lovely natural looking one surrounded by logs and bush rocks…’sigh’ one day hopefully!) and i will need to…
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Family Favourites for Toddlers….
As the toddler twosome are getting older i am trying to incorporate more of our family meals into their nightly meals rather than having to make separate dinners for everyone (because really that was wearing thin!!). Even though they are twins they have progressed at very different rates when it comes to food and eating. Tara has eaten well from 4 months…
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Once Upon a Time……
Once upon a time i experienced postnatal depression….twice… Once upon a time i worked with toddlers…usually 16 to a room with 2 of us…. Once upon a time i went through a tough divorce and became a single mum….. Once upon a time i went back to uni to study again…this time while working full time and as a single parent…assignments…
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