Living the Good Life on 3 Acres in Nelson

In Nelson, a frosty start like this generally melts into a gorgeous day.. which it has.

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Fresh off our tree .. crisp & sweet .. mmm

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Yesterday we made a hard decision.  Our dachshund x was diagnosed with cancer in July & we realised, with huge sadness & many tears, that her time had come.  This morning hubby took her to the vet. As I sat reviewing old pictures of her I heard the chirp of a newborn chicken.  When I […]

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We were lucky enough to pick up half a box of ‘salad’ bananas last weekend for just $6.  So, after lots of smoothies & banana roll ups I thought, hmm, what else can I do & searched Food.Com where I found this recipe for Banana Jam. It is seriously delish.. quite sweet. Would be wonderful […]

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For the last 2 or 3 nights we’ve had fog roll in shortly after sunset. .. as it often does at this time of year. We are about half a km from the river & it comes from that direction.. across the neighbours then slowly enveloping our property.  Hubby thinks it looks eerie but I find […]

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This morning I went out, into the sun, to snap some pretty pictures to show you. After the torrential downpours of rain with thunder (that shook the house) & lightening we’ve had for 2 or 3 days, Mr Sun decided to make an appearance this morning.  I love the day after rain. The air is […]

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3 years ago we were given a little stick of wood from a friends Monty Surprise apple tree.  We grafted it onto our rootstock & now have several young trees.  This is the first time we have seen the fruit and.. woah..  I see why they called it Monty!  I thought the Peasgood Nonsuch was […]

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This is THE best preserve I have EVER made!  Its really hard not to keep dipping your spoon into the jar & eating it like some sort of sweet.  Labour intensive.. yes.. but so worth it. I used the same recipe I have for my crab apple jelly but used 50% crabapples & 50% sweet, […]

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Just had to share with you these devine little measuring cups my daughter gave me for mothers day.  They are melamine & I love them… of course Im quite partial to the chocolates she tucked into them too    As she said, “its not mothers day without chocolate”.

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Just wanted to add a couple of pictures of my last batch .. to tempt you (“,)

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