Life on the Pickle Farm

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 [...]

Lets Make Summer Plans

January 2, 2012

We survived Christmas and new year and have already used up all the tape, pom poms and pipe cleaners… Now it’s time to make some summer plans. Nothing too full on, or crazy…. just a few ideas to stick on the fridge so we can never say we have nothing to do. What are your [...]

Time Out, Time Off, Time Over.

December 23, 2011

Today is the first full day of summer holidays at The Pickle Farm. We’ve been going a mile a minute for the last few weeks and we are all feeling the strain and are desperate for a break. It’s two sleeps till Christmas and after that I am hoping we can take a bit of [...]

Take a breath

December 22, 2011

When the crazies are out in force… When there has been too many commitments and to many things to get done… When the kids are cranky and you are tired and stressed… When things seem far from ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all’… Then, then you need to stop and take a breath. There [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Elf’s Lament.

December 21, 2011

This song has been on repeat at our house for the last few weeks… It’s called Elf’s Lament and is on Barenaked Ladies Home For the Holidays CD. Apart from the fact that we love Barenaked Ladies at The Pickle Farm, I also love that this album has a great mix of Christmas, Hannukah, serious [...]

Things I Know I am Grateful For.

December 16, 2011

It’s been another long and bumpy week. I’m teetering on the edge of that big black hole called ‘nothing ever goes right’. I’m hanging on by my fingernails, trying not to fall in, because I know once I’m there everything really will go to hell in a hand basket. It’s a nasty, evil, vicious cycle. [...]

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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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