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Amidst all the current chaos, we still managed to celebrate 12 years with this gorgeous kid. Happy birthday to our Heners The Bob!
15 years of love and laughter with this extraordinary and wonderful man. May there be many more to follow. Happy anniversary baby!
Care pack left on our doorstep with a sweet note by the @witchcliffe_ecovillage gardening group. Thanks everyone! It’s good health in a box.
She looks angelic but she’s still eating socks! 😩
Geez, could you get two spunkier lookin’ lads?
This is a shark buffet. Saturday night, 9..46pm and we’re lying on our backs on the sand at Prevelly Beach waiting for the storm to hit.

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Embarking on a year of gastronomic discovery in Italy

Edgefield Communications 12/09/2017

I’m saying it out loud, I’m writing it down, I’m telling friends and family, yet still it seems like a delicious fantasy. A wildly adventurous, unashamedly romantic, ridiculously out-of-the-box idea …

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Dig on Dad

Edgefield Communications 10/09/2017

My Dad’s been gone now for nearly 14 years. Time has, of course, softened the loss but I know that he will always drift into my thoughts when I’m in …

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Rootin’ around

Edgefield Communications 29/08/2017

While waiting impatiently for my new work contract to begin, I have been keeping busy in my favourite way: harvesting the last winter crops from my garden and working out …

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Kombucha from Pakistan via Abu Dhabi to Perth

Edgefield Communications 16/08/2017

While in the backseat of a cab en route to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi last year, I had this box of Pakistan’s finest thrust enthusiastically into …

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A healthy addiction

Edgefield Communications 15/08/2017

I am addicted to buying seeds. I don’t need any more; have way more than I can possibly sow or plant. But I go a little giddy when the gardening …

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Changing the world through permaculture

Edgefield Communications 10/08/2017

Impressively erudite yet refreshingly down-to-earth, the inspiring David Holmgren shares his thoughts on how grass roots permaculture can change the world.

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Citrus chips ahoy!

Edgefield Communications 24/07/2017

I may have finally harvested the last of the Tahitian lime tsunami and the inaugural Rangpur limes but the rest of the citrus is just getting underway. Parrots cheekily taste-testing the …

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Rangpur lime gimlets, oh baby!

Edgefield Communications 03/07/2017

I wasn’t sure how I was going to use my first ever harvest of Rangpur limes. A friend had given me a stunted little tree in a pot and it had …

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When life gives you limes…

Edgefield Communications 23/06/2017

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War On Waste: winning hearts + minds

Edgefield Communications 22/06/2017

The ABC TV’s recent three-part series, War On Waste, has been phenomenally successful in penetrating the mainstream consciousness. It’s a part of conversations in the schoolyard, at my local shops …

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Catching the fermenting bug

Edgefield Communications 19/06/2017

Recently, I’ve been enamoured with the idea of fermenting, namely for its incredible health benefits and also the practical solution it offers for garden gluts and waste minimisation (another current …

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The Preservation Society

Edgefield Communications 13/02/2017

“Father: It’s been nine months since my last confession.”Nah, I’m not religious but Holy Moly has it been a long time between drinks on this blog! Busy, busy, yeah you’ve …

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Gin & tonic anyone?

Edgefield Communications 13/05/2016

Why does lime season not coincide with gin and tonic season? It’s just not right. This is but a small sample of the tsunami of limes coming off my Tahitian lime …

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Sunday Mango Magic

Edgefield Communications 24/03/2016

I can’t believe that I once hated the funky taste and slimy texture of mangoes. Now I think they’re divine! So when we went to the Kalamunda Markets last Sunday and …

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Medicinal lunchbox for happy chooks

Edgefield Communications 15/03/2016

Now that we have reticulation to approximately 90% of Edgefield, a world of opportunity for planting perennials has opened up, which was previously unsustainable. Slowly but surely I’m developing the perennial …

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Rockmelon, but not as you know it

Edgefield Communications 15/03/2016

Yes this is rockmelon (or cantaloupe for my North American friends) not pumpkin. It’s an heirloom variety called ‘Delice de la Table’ and it’s fragrant, juicy, firm and absolutely delicious. …

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The scourge of being organised

Edgefield Communications 07/03/2016

I have a list. Actually I have many lists. I even have CATEGORIES for lists. Part of me thinks that’s a sad, sorry little confession and part of me is unrepentant, even proud …

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Sunshine & love in a jar

Edgefield Communications 27/01/2016

We simply couldn’t eat them fast enough, those soft, scarlet globes of goodness. Something had to be done because there was no way I was going to watch the mountain …

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Abundance in Gidgegannup

Edgefield Communications 20/01/2016

At the invitation of a dear old school friend, we recently headed to her glorious farm ‘Lilydale’ in Gidgegannup (15 minutes from Edgefield in Mundaring) for a divine afternoon of swimming, …

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Blissed out on tomatoes

Edgefield Communications 12/01/2016

This is what it’s all about. We arrived home from our two-week holiday in Denmark after a 5 ½ hour drive to a clean house, dinner in the fridge (thanks …

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