It’s taken a while, with lots of trial and era to perfect this system in our garden. Much gratitude to the odd rogue chicken or duck that doesn’t like to follow my well intended plans, they have given me a birds eye view and helped point out any cracks in my system. Turn the negative […]

  Organic sugar cane mulch. We put sugar cane mulch around our vegetables. In Australia sugar cane garden mulch is a by product of the sugar cane industry. It breaks down easily, nourishes the soil and helps feed the plants – keeping them nice and healthy. Maybe I have my rose coloured glasses on but […]

We are down to the last planting for the season. This afternoon I will plant some garlic that will be harvested as green garlic in a spot where two Elephant Garlic didn’t come up. Taking opportunities like these to plug up any gaps in the garden beds. Careful that what I plant as an alternative […]

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Popping in to let you know that next week I’ll be sending out my monthly newsletter called Fairy Wren Cottage Postcards. You only need to subscribe the once to receive it monthly and can then also download  my free ebooks as well. Until then, Jude x    

I’ll be sending out my Fairy Wren Cottage Postcard flowery newsletter this week. If you don’t already subscribe then you can subscribe HERE. There are lots of updates that I won’t be sharing anywhere else. Then I will be stepping away from social media for a bit, not permanent. I like to let you know […]

  Beauty in the Everyday Moments. In the garden. Pausing that bit longer to appreciate the dahlia’s as their second flush of flowers is coming to an end and marks the beginnings of them returning to the earth for the colder months. Checking on the hens, love how they afternoon nap in the warmth of […]

A cold Spring. An unfinished Hothouse. Tomato seeds that started off slowly and went down hill from there. The ground not warm enough to plant tomatoes outside during that cold Spring even if we bought large seedlings or tomato plants. Waiting for things to warm up. Buying the last of the local growers tomato plants. […]

    The Homeschooling category is where you can find all of the homeschooling posts I have shared throughout our homeschooling years and at some stage my homeschooling blog posts maybe incorporated into a Homeschooling book. After homeschooling for 13 years and Liliana finishing year 12 plus a University qualification at the same time, well […]