Apart from the kitchen, garden, chickens, cattle and farm
that I already wrote about, there were a few other interesting things that didn't fit into
any category.
Chicken update
Garden update
Kitchen update
Cattle update
Farm update
What do you think? What "other" things did you get up to this year?
Chicken update
Garden update
Kitchen update
Cattle update
Farm update
I reviewed a book about plastic, and even though I’m a
chemical engineer, I learnt a fair bit about plastic from this book, so I
recommend that you read this or something similar. It really made me realise that these are new
chemicals and they don’t belong in our bodies or our ecosystems. I can’t say that I live completely
plastic-free, but it did make me try so much harder to look for plastic-free
options.
Over winter I had another go at knitting and, thanks to
youtube, I got a little better, mastered purling and ribbing and made a few
cowls and things. Knitting just feels wrong
in summer, so I have a half-finished sock ready to start again in winter 2013! Something that I really want to try is making a rag rug, I got a bag of rags from the op-shop, so I will try to give that a go in 2013.
We’ve been looking after little Chime the kelpie for nearly
2 years now, and looks like she might be staying a bit longer, which is great
because Cheryl the kelpie seems to like having a companion. I made them both new dog coats and mats,
which they don’t get to use much, but nice when its cold or they get wet. I also wrote a bit about kelpies as some of
my international readers probably don’t know much about this unique Aussie working dog breed.
Its been
nearly a year since I used any shampoo or soap to wash my hair and I think its
working out great. My hair doesn’t look
greasy or unhealthy. I haven’t had to
buy any hair products and deal with trying to figure out what all the
ingredients are. I know it won’t work
for everyone, but I encourage you to give it a try… I
haven't washed my hair since January
Over winter
we had the woodfire cranking again. It
is a very convenient way to heat the house when we have so much wood on our
property and we can also use it to cook.
We don’t use our electric stove much at all, as the woodfire is always lit
in winter and we use the BBQ in summer as its quick to heat up (and doesn’t
heat up the house as well). If anyone is
considering wood-fired heating, I would encourage you to look at something you
can use for cooking as well.
I can't knit in Summer either! I have a half finished cowl that I know isn't going to get picked up again for several months.
ReplyDeleteBoy you manage to fit a lot into a year!
ReplyDeleteglad I'm not the only one that doesn't knit in summer! Emma, I cheated a little bit, some of those posts are from the year before as well...
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