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Dandelion Yarn
I love how this time of year just keeps throwing up seasonal treasures week after week. Often these treasures are fleeting like the bluebells and others last a little longer like the cow…
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A Round-up of Summer Harvest & Preserving Posts
We are hitting our garden produce stride at the moment and when you have an abundance of something, whether it is homegrown or in season and available in the supermarkets, I believe in…
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Frugal Friday :: Planning Ahead
We are a hop, skip and a jump away from July. More than halfway through the year already. The school year is drawing to a close, summer is stretching out ahead and as…
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Frugal Friday :: Cooking From Scratch
So I’m a day late in posting this post, my apologies for that. This week I started my new part-time job and on the same day, I had an interview for a voluntary…
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Goodbye August
It’s hard to believe that today is the last day of the month! August has been lovely, we’ve had some lovely weather, lovely friends visiting us from afar and lovely seasonal observances to…
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Summers Bounty – Harvested and Preserved
Summer. Although it’s not my favourite season (I tend to come alive with the onset of autumn) I have to say there is a lot offered up during this time of year to…
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Homemade Bagels’
Bagels have recently become a firm favourite in our home. Everyone loves them for lunch and easily get through a few packets of them a week. So I decided that I would try…
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Monday Musings…
January and February are hard months to love for me. The excitement of the festive season has past, these two months are often the most dreary of the year, and those short days…
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Of Hearth and Home…
I have accepted that this year I will not be preserving my own personal harvest 🙁 so I’m doing the next best thing ; buying in-season fruit and veg and processing it. There…
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It’s The Simple Things That Count
In today’s post I wanted to share some lovely simple things from my week that have made me happy. It seems to have become a bit of a ponderous post for me though after our read-aloud…
Inspiration for the aspiring Proverbs 31 Woman