Life on the Pickle Farm

Lovely Links – Garden Pretties…

February 4, 2012

I think I may have an unhealthy obsession with bird houses…. I need a collection of these. I’m pretty sure I could make a tea pot bird house. We’ve grown gourds before but never done anything with them. And I’ve just decided what the kids are getting for Christmas next year! I am trying to [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub Full of Goop!

February 2, 2012

It’s one part science, 1 part magic, 1 part sensory play and 2 parts fun!

It’s begins as two simple ingredients – wet and dry, corn flour and water.

Mix them together and at first it just looks like a tub of mess… but sink your hands in. Go on… I know you want to.

Expect a Little More, Accept a Little Less.

January 31, 2012

There are so many things that I love about school holidays but after six weeks with all six of us crammed into our little house things are a getting little fractious. We’ve all enjoyed being a little (or a lot) lazy but lately it feels as thought we’ve let things slide almost to the point [...]

Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Back to School Snacks.

January 30, 2012

I’ve been living in denial for the last week or so, but there is no getting away from it… my girls go back to school on Thursday and my big boy has orientation at ‘grown-up kinder’ (ie 4 year old preschool). That means I am back making the dreaded school lunches, and this year I [...]

Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Taco Seasoning and Tortillas!

January 23, 2012

My kids would eat tacos every night of the week and never tire of them. They like soft tortillas with their tacos… lots and lots of them, but those things are expensive, not to mention full of all kinds of crap. Speaking of crap… there is a lot of that in store bought taco seasoning [...]

This Year’s Summer Garden

January 18, 2012

Despite planting this year’s veggies way later than we should have, I am really pleased with how the garden is growing at the moment. The only thing we are eating is lettuce, herbs and the ever present rhubarb, but things are budding and beginning to fruit and flower so I am hopeful that there might [...]

Thinking About Food – Cooking From Scratch

January 16, 2012

We are all still enjoying the lazy days of summer holidays, and no one more so than me! No set bed times or getting up times, being able to plan as much or as little to do as we please, eating at whatever time suits our activities for the day, and long stretches swinging in [...]

What Kind of Mum Do You Want to Be?

January 9, 2012

I don’t watch much TV and I usually have no clue about any media controversy unless I happen to see some tweets about it. Even then, I usually ignore those tweets and normally I would never tweet or blog about them. Mostly I’m just not interested in what some sensationalising TV show or journalist says [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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