tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post3565314730851194997..comments2024-02-01T08:02:17.476+10:30Comments on out back tania: February Catch UpTaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10176661940614462611noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-37168986407579199612015-03-30T07:28:02.462+10:302015-03-30T07:28:02.462+10:30Busy girl, I need to have a harvesting session, th...Busy girl, I need to have a harvesting session, the garden has been a bit neglected recently, it's all a tad over gwon but a lit will need to be cleared so I've left it so I only need to do it once. Poor dawg, hope the travels go well. Shame about the chook, I couldn't handle living in Australia, I would never sleep worrying about spiders and snakes, I'd probably melt first from the heat though :DThe Webbers living a life at the beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428953268605707094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-46930229153174607872015-03-29T15:44:43.757+10:302015-03-29T15:44:43.757+10:30Hello Tania,
I have just found your blog and am lo...Hello Tania,<br />I have just found your blog and am loving it.<br />I'm newly retired and always looking for simple and economical ways to live. I live in the city and am about to start a vegie garden...yours is an inspiration.<br />Thank you for sharing.<br />Anne xxLaugh Dream Love Inspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01210640052809359024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-52793054846390928642015-03-25T07:36:58.384+10:302015-03-25T07:36:58.384+10:30Seeing the Rhubarb reminded me that a friend told ...Seeing the Rhubarb reminded me that a friend told me how she makes rhubarb and ginger jam. Sounds lovely and easy to make. She uses candied ginger so its sweet. Anna of Mutton Style and Yearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17123818835370240987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-69115702932770728882015-03-18T13:38:11.677+10:302015-03-18T13:38:11.677+10:30Your crocheted tea cozy is very cute! I may have ...Your crocheted tea cozy is very cute! I may have to try my hand at that. :-)<br /><br />We've had snakes in our chicken house here in Texas as well. I think most have been non-poisonous. My brother and brother-in-law got two out of the nesting boxes one day. Another morning my sister-in-law found a dead snake crushed beneath the chicken house door. It must have been leaving the night before when she lowered the (heavy) door with the pulley outside the fence! It's a very good idea to have more light in yours!<br /><br />Lovely garden produce. The canned beetroot will be delicious. :-)Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-87741900063916297142015-03-12T13:59:46.646+10:302015-03-12T13:59:46.646+10:30I have always since I was a small child had nightm...I have always since I was a small child had nightmares, visions, dreams (whatever) that I too would put my hand into a nest box and find a snake. Now that we finally have chooks that are just about at laying point, I keep thinking about it more and more.<br />What a wonderful supply of vegies from your garden and the added preserving as well, well done, and especially in the heat we have been experiencing over the last few weeks.<br />Take care,<br />Jane. :-) :-)<br />ozzibethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537238271583629320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-11750592030061350912015-03-04T00:58:13.386+10:302015-03-04T00:58:13.386+10:30I hate snakes. One reason I keep free range chicke...I hate snakes. One reason I keep free range chickens is that the chickens kill snakes. Sorry you lost a hen to a snake. I had a copperhead kill one of my cats once, and have been bitten by copperheads twice myself.<br /><br />As always, I am enthralled by the food you raise and prepare there on your homestead.<br /><br />I hope your daughter is having a great time in Europe.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-20514213087882640382015-03-03T02:10:48.493+10:302015-03-03T02:10:48.493+10:30Oh my goodness. With all of the lovely things you ...Oh my goodness. With all of the lovely things you shared in this post, I somehow got stuck on the idea of 116 degrees!! That is HOT! I am so pathetic in the heat. Of course, where we live (Mid-Atlantic, USA), the heat is magnified by the oppressive humidity. So...are you ready for summer to end, or do you fare well with the heat?<br /><br />Thanks for coming over for a visit to "Thinking About Home" and for leaving your thoughtful comments! I hope you enjoy the sweet potato muffins. We loved them!! Cheryl https://www.blogger.com/profile/00063844335185525553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-51377632392470570972015-03-02T12:31:37.790+10:302015-03-02T12:31:37.790+10:30Love the monthly update, we lost a couple of hens ...Love the monthly update, we lost a couple of hens this year (to snakes we suppose). I wish my patch was as productive.DbrhH.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13052036567121618203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-72938946117839168652015-03-02T07:00:13.445+10:302015-03-02T07:00:13.445+10:30Great harvest! with temperatures like that it must...Great harvest! with temperatures like that it must be hard on your garden and you, we have had a few of those days but not many.<br />Love homemade pickled beetroot but haven't made any for a couple of years now.<br />The tea cosy is wonderful and that might be my next thing to make before winter to keep the tea warm :)Debbie Leverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08697364796071268775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-76474433410007450312015-03-01T16:21:00.484+10:302015-03-01T16:21:00.484+10:30Hi Ho, its me.. Gosh that's hot. Im amazed a...Hi Ho, its me.. Gosh that's hot. Im amazed at how your garden flourishes with such temperatures. I have one full size pumpkin and im jumping around doing a dance. I guess you are a bit blasé these days. So much harvested. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-2683104976797685372015-03-01T16:05:41.653+10:302015-03-01T16:05:41.653+10:30What a great post Tania. Lots of wonderful things...What a great post Tania. Lots of wonderful things happening in your world like cheesecake and crochet and garden produce. Not so wonderful are the snakes and loss of your bantam. Have a great week.<br />Anne xx**Anne**https://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-24162188096531802422015-03-01T11:28:55.541+10:302015-03-01T11:28:55.541+10:30Just love pickled beets, forgot to pick some up th...Just love pickled beets, forgot to pick some up this week. You are a lot braver than me regarding the snakes, they give me the creeps.......Gill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-3741313665739783662015-03-01T10:59:05.876+10:302015-03-01T10:59:05.876+10:30Tanya, your harvest is awe-inspiring! And really i...Tanya, your harvest is awe-inspiring! And really is there anything better than home pickled beetroot....yum! So sorry you lost a chooky to a snake. The hazards of Aussie life, eh? My efforts are amateurish compared to yours...Mimi xxxMimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189100084557458199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-91255622568077791622015-03-01T09:20:25.868+10:302015-03-01T09:20:25.868+10:30Wonderful harvest Tania! The heat and snakes are n...Wonderful harvest Tania! The heat and snakes are not so good though! I really hate snakes. From the south east we are used to tiger snakes and they are aggressive and do not slither away trying to avoid people. Many encounters with them. Andy used to be a snake away worker but doesnt do it anymore. Yet is scared of spiders. Go figure!<br />You will be enjoying that harvest for ages. Plus its so healthy!<br />Re back to basics cooking... that is my big thing, simple, nourishing things. I think they are the best overall. Have a good week this week and great march! xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-27371202829555778962015-03-01T08:14:10.107+10:302015-03-01T08:14:10.107+10:30Hello Tania,
Terrific update ... all your summer ...Hello Tania,<br /><br />Terrific update ... all your summer harvest is making me eager for spring & summer to arrive up here on the Montana prairie. Our temperatures are still below zero Fahrenheit.<br />I too have been using my spare time to crochet. Your projects are lovely.<br />Blessings,<br />Mrs.B Mrs. B, a very peculiar personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579160731517930694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-39072834175668407822015-03-01T06:21:20.258+10:302015-03-01T06:21:20.258+10:30What a great harvest you have had. Glad to see tha...What a great harvest you have had. Glad to see that the calendar is being put to some good use. Love the tea cosy. And I do really hope that cool change arrived for you. Enjoy!!CountryMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-33504973789478075642015-02-28T21:24:05.045+10:302015-02-28T21:24:05.045+10:30Love your abundant harvest. Beautiful food that ha...Love your abundant harvest. Beautiful food that has had lots of labour expended over it. <br />Snakes give me the creeps too after seeing one rear up massively at a 4wheel drive with lights on arriving home in the dark...we, and that includes little children had been wandering and playing in that part of a property all weekend long...shiver!<br />LOVE your beetroot relish mmm<br />Hope that you get some relief from your heat wave soon.<br />Alexa-asimplelife visiting from Sydney, Australia Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359326046389139990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-63018164455466729022015-02-28T19:50:33.528+10:302015-02-28T19:50:33.528+10:30loved the tea cozy & thanx for the link, have ...loved the tea cozy & thanx for the link, have saved both of them, also love your toilet roll holder, my stepmum used to crochet hers around a small doll, it looked like a ball gown when she finished them. any chance of that pattern too? please?<br />thanx for sharingselinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173172460099566314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-80859627361672473732015-02-28T18:19:03.263+10:302015-02-28T18:19:03.263+10:30Love the tea cosie, and your garden is going gang ...Love the tea cosie, and your garden is going gang busters angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367100990792829157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-80617882597599518072015-02-28T17:19:21.185+10:302015-02-28T17:19:21.185+10:30Oh Yes - a super update :-). I like that tea cosy...Oh Yes - a super update :-). I like that tea cosy lots!<br />What a wonderful harvest - more things to be grateful for.poggeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754636457782658089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-1509961325836944082015-02-28T17:08:41.631+10:302015-02-28T17:08:41.631+10:30Wow you have had some hot weather, Tania. I am ama...Wow you have had some hot weather, Tania. I am amazed at how hot SA gets as I always thought it had a mild climate for some reason although my sister used to live at Hawker where it was extremely hot. Glad you have more light for your 'girls'. Snakes give me the creeps.Nanna Chelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500527266771727074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743532158600929042.post-5261776618425214192015-02-28T13:46:01.147+10:302015-02-28T13:46:01.147+10:30What a wonderful bounty from your garden :) Fresh ...What a wonderful bounty from your garden :) Fresh produce always tastes delightful!<br /><br />Happy weekend to you! Hugs!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389136708128457239noreply@blogger.com