• Hello Again

    It’s been almost a year to the day since we last wrote here, and it’s been a year with a lot of ups and downs and a lot of good and some not so good – no different to anyone else on the planet really – but at the end of the day we’re still very happy, we still love our Farm and we still love each other. Our ‘heartkid-grandbaby’ has had another operation, and has pulled through fabulously (such a lil trooper!) AND there have been another couple grandbabies added to the chaos! The last year has seen a lot of growth from the paddock plantings in particular, and it…

  • Autumn

    We’re moving into Autumn here in Australia, and in Far North Qld its one of our prime growing seasons. We’ve just put in a fresh bed of starts of lettuce, wombok, snap peas and green beans in one of our large house-yard beds. Last week saw the last of the summer crops – as well as a shit-ton of comfrey – cleared out from our big vegie bed [and yes, that’s a technical measure! ] ready for the autumn/winter plantings. Some Cauliflower and Broccoli went in a couple of days ago, as well as some Spinach, Beets and Winter Squash, and there are a whole lot more starts waiting for us to get…

  • RECIPE: Cornflake Biscuits

    This recipe was a huuuuge favourite with our kids when they were youngsters, and whilst they are a bit fiddly to make, and it isn’t often that we make them these days, they are nice to have with a cuppa – and are a good way to use up ageing cornflakes. [we usually double the recipe] Ingredients 125g butter ⅓ cup (75g) caster sugar 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla extract ⅔ cup (105g) sultanas or other preferred dry fruit (cranberries are good!) 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour 2 cups lightly crushed cornflakes Method Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Cream butter and sugar until…

  • Guest Post #2

    . This is Guest Post #2! This one is from our youngest son Thomas – and is his perspective from a visit back in August… NOTE: if anyone one else wants to do a ‘Guest Post’ – just write it up, email it to us, and we’ll get onto the business of formatting it and putting it up!     Well…! HOW INCREDIBLE!! For those of you that know Selina and I, you know that it really doesn’t take much to get us excited! So to try and put into words how amazing this place is, is a challenge to say the least! We arrived back on the Tablelands at…

  • Hot & Moist

    . We’ve had a couple of weeks of extremes on the weather scale… This time last week we were in the midst of a deluge, and were out in said deluge digging drainage trenches, and watching our 10kg doorstep float away!! The good thing about the rain is it replenished some ground-water, which was badly needed. Everything was getting very dry! It also meant that for the best part of a week, we got away with not having to water the gardens and orchard. This week, we are suffering through 32+ degree heatwaves. [35 today!] A lot of the plants – especially those in the nursery – are sagging from…

  • Time flies…

    . Firstly – we’d like to thank all of you wonderfully kind folks who sent your thoughts, love and support (and $$s!!!) to our Family members who’d been through the trauma of Hurricane Irma… Between the worry for our Family, a bit of down-time with illness, a sneaky weekend away, and work interrupting Life (as it does!) there