I haven’t yet mastered how to balance being kind to myself, while rolling with the punches. I seem to be excellent at catastrophising when things are grim – not sure if you’ve noticed and I know I’m not alone. Anyway, a podcast I listened to recently suggested that in situations of shitfuckery a good antidote […]
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The idea of decapitating my friends when Bird Flu arrives has horrified me. Needless to say, I’ve been building, wiring and doing what I can to keep them safe. Thankfully, I have become wonderful (human) friends with my local wildlife rescuer – she’s helped me with PPE, early advice and much needed moral support. In
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First up – Vetiver produces the most earthy, scrumptious essential oil… It’s not a ‘pretty’ smell but it’s addictive AF. Seriously this stuff has been like crack for me lately. I CAN. NOT. STOP inhaling it For my animals, it’s an unconventional but highly nutritious, drought resistant source of forage. Ecologically speaking, vetiver is an
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I shit you not… within twenty minutes of sending an email saying I was increasingly worried about bird flu, I got the heads up that it’s here. Confirmed in my town, ten minutes away (source is valid, trust me on that – but I won’t say more because I appreciate being kept in the loop).
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I abhor the ‘poor me’ thing as much as anyone else, so this tickles me in an uncomfortable way…but I want you to know where the profits go when you buy from me. There’s no influencers, no ‘industry events’ and no advertising agencies. It’s me on my farm, selling surprisingly good skincare. And one of
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“She’s enormous and sounds like she’s smoked a pack of Winnie Reds” read the message I sent my neighbours. My big girl Barbara went missing last weekend – and it’s been a stressful time. Not just because she was missing, but also because it’s hard to give an accurate description of a sheep, especially when
One of the hills I’ll die on is refusing to play with chemical pesticides (or synthetic fertilisers for that matter). And I don’t say that as a career ‘tree hugger’ – it actually took me a long time to realise how damaging sprays are. Less than 10 years ago I had a ‘chemical corner’ in
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Australian superfine wool is highly regarded… mine is not. The wool produced on my farm is grubby, lanolinny and sometimes-a-bit-poopy and ‘carpet quality’ at best. Which is probably why it’s sat around in the shed for years – until it accidentally (& wonderfully) became skincare packaging – and my sheep finally paid their own bills.
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A rescue racehorse, a bushfire, and a $3 million property I had no business buying — how I found this farm.
Finding My Farm (this comes with a woo-woo warning) Read More »
Hot tip: incorporating trees, forbs & herbs into your horse’s diet is like given them an all-you-can-eat salad bar… It’s also great for enrichment, movement and activating their ‘seeking system’ But alas – somewhere along the line, the assumption arrived that horses were grazers, not browsers – and that grass was the only thing they
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