Adventures on Home Hill Farm

Stories and tips about self sufficiency, growing vegetables, cooking, living cheaply, gleaning, cheese making, winemaking, preserving, animal husbandry, healthy living etc

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Solar Panels in and Working, The Next Step is ...

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As part of the installation of Solar Panels we had monitoring hardware installed. One transmitter is attached to measure our power usage and...
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Sprouted Grain Bread or Our Version of Essene Bread

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We have been experimenting with sprouted grain bread.  There are quite a few variables to assess but slowly we are getting a clearer picture...
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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Fancy, Tasty, Healthy Chocolate

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In an attempt to improve the firmness of the chocolate we make and also add more flavour a few changes were made to the recipe. The recip...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

We finally invested in Solar Panels but what a Pain

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We finally made the move to install solar panels hoping that it would be a simple process which didn't require us to spend days/weeks be...
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Preparedness Tested Part 3

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Water . If you don't have easy access to water:  it is impossible to flush the toilet. And it isn't much easier using buckets. ...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Preparedness Tested Part 2

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On Tuesday morning we woke up to no power. The rain had eased and so had the wind. Jean went to let out the chickens and I went about settin...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Preparedness Tested Part 1

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The Williams River had flood warnings issued well in advance of the rainfall but a strange thing happened many if not most farmers were caug...
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JohnandJean
Williams River Valley, New South Wales, Australia
We live on a small acreage. What soil is present is not great but over the years we have established an orchard and vegetable gardens. What is great are the views over our valley. Apart from growing almost all our fruits and vegetables we also make wine, cheese and many other things. We love food and the process of getting it to the table but we also realise that life requires an holistic approach. An holistic view includes paying attention to our impact on the environment, our health and wellbeing. Frugal living does not accurately describe our life as it conjures up images of misery and meanness. We enjoy the best of food, wine and entertainment with a wonderful collection of animals and some people. We're not spenders: we recycle, reuse, glean, build and save. Our lives are about having fun without negatively impacting on the world. The European peasant lifestyle of working hard and eating well, with our addition of fun and laughter, is a closer image.
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