Charity Knitting
Every year I try to do some knitting for charity. I volunteer for a group called Crafty Volunteers who facilitate the distributing of the knitting to the people in the community who have a need. […]
Category: Local
A shot in the dark
For the past 8 weeks I have been having loads of fun and meeting some great new people while taking a night class in Night Photography. If you live in Wellington and are interested in […]
Using our paper pots
So now that you have made loads of newspaper plant pots, you can fill them up and put them somewhere warm to sprout. We use a tin with some holes punched in the bottom as […]
How to: Newspaper Seed Pots
Spring has definitely sprung down here in our part of the world, although we are experiencing a last gasp cold snap this weekend. This is no bother for our vege seedlings which are tucked up […]
Easter Sunday jaunt
It was such a nice day yesterday, we took hubby’s bike over to the Wairarapa for the day. We were headed for Claireville as the Balloon festival is on at the moment but there was […]
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Easy Pickled Chillies
Our chilli plants are producing fruit in abundance at the moment and I harvested a whole bunch more ripe ones this morning. We have always had great success growing chillies in our garden and since […]
A tale of a fig tree
It was a dark and stormy night. Wellington’s infamous wind was crashing through the trees and whistling around the rooftops. I was lying awake, wondering if this would be the night that the roof finally […]
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin soup is my all time favourite. Unfortunately Hubby doesn’t feel the same way so I don’t often get to make it. There are hundreds of Pumpkin soup recipes on the internet but this it […]
My local Farmers Market
Every Saturday rain, hail or shine, I get up early and head down to our local Farmers Market. This is where I stock up on my veges for the week at a fraction […]
Lux 2017
A few weeks ago, Wellington got all dressed up for several evenings with the return of the Lux Light Festival We headed along one Friday night to check it out. We started the night with […]