Living the Good Life on 3 Acres in Nelson

Yup, it was scones for lunch on Sunday again. Date this time.. .. so delicious with my homemade Apricot  Lavender & Plum Orange jams. I made them in our mini oven. Actually, I use it for just about everything these days. Its so convenient,  it heats up really quickly & it must be more economical […]

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Hope you all had a lovely Christmas.  It was a gorgeous day here in Nelson & we had a picnic lunch with family… as it seems many Nelsonians do these days. Certainly was busy at Rabbit Island. Although, I have to confess I missed setting the table with my traditional gold cloth, napkins, pretty candles […]

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In August I showed you the garden cloche hubby made for our raised vegetable garden. He’s been working in the shed again, on rainy days, making me some mini cloches.  As always, cleverly constructed from recycled timber (kwilla from a discarded pallet). Last year I had quite a battle trying to get my dahlias growing, […]

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I’ve been having a bit of a bake up this week.. the banana loaves are very popular with everyone here & disappear quickly.  They are very handy for the boys lunches.  In case you are wondering how I have such a big supply of overripe bananas… I buy bags of salad bananas when they are […]

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Whew.. made it through another Christmas &, for once, I managed not to eat so much that I felt sick   The day was not without a little disappointment…  the strong winds made it too unpleasant to take the boys & their new blow up boat to the river but we’ll save that adventure for […]

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My niece has had a baby girl & babies always bring out my knitting needles. I’m not really a knitter but it gives me a great deal of satisfaction to whip up something small. After hours of internet scouring I settled on the pattern at http://larissmix.typepad.com/stitch_marker/2005/09/a_little_hat.html as it combined my urge to knit with my […]

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