tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post1310324101382157338..comments2024-01-21T21:41:49.449+11:00Comments on Foxs Lane: when the wind blowsKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234467488696653117noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-82804742301822809722017-01-22T17:10:06.217+11:002017-01-22T17:10:06.217+11:00Thanks for your post-- I'm so glad your sister...Thanks for your post-- I'm so glad your sister is safe-- I'm putting 2+2 together and it equals perpetrator of that carnage in Melbourne on Friday. You keep safe-- all of you -- terribly traumatic for you-- foundations rocked. Keep grounded in that rich soil, say your grandad's prayer and hug your girls & husband often. Bless you. <br />aglowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432940182703923584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-75590812380220307262017-01-21T22:32:01.688+11:002017-01-21T22:32:01.688+11:00Lovely Post Kate...so glad your sister is safe, ve...Lovely Post Kate...so glad your sister is safe, very scary experience. The garden looks amazing. Suzie Simplelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724120590247226633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-16551300035994097432017-01-21T21:53:20.401+11:002017-01-21T21:53:20.401+11:00Kate what a lovely blog. I really enjoyed reading ...Kate what a lovely blog. I really enjoyed reading all about your hard work. Mother Nature us a law unto herself I would therefore say disappointment rather than failure. You all seem too experienced in the growing cycle to be failures.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844263537630989995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-21584337933035475342017-01-21T19:55:30.939+11:002017-01-21T19:55:30.939+11:00Hello, Kate. I do hope you enjoy your last school ...Hello, Kate. I do hope you enjoy your last school holiday week before all that is "school" begins again. Tomorrow will be our last holiday day and I so wish it wasn't, it seems to have gone by so fast! We are ready but we are not ready I guess. Over the holidays, inside during such hot days, I sewed up a dress and a top, one in a cotton called Midnight Flora covered with tiny little fungi and flowers and twigs and things, and the other a very light fabric printed with scattered dandelion clocks. It felt lovely to be sewing. Meg Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-13504322622250594282017-01-21T17:26:28.010+11:002017-01-21T17:26:28.010+11:00Hi Kate, here in Tasmania we are fortunate to have...Hi Kate, here in Tasmania we are fortunate to have Peter Cundall on ABC talkback every Saturday, and although I don't grow scarlet runner beans I remember a tip he gave out a few weeks ago to a person with exactly the same problem. He suggested dousing them in icy cold water, just as dusk arrives, because apparently they need cold temperatures at night to set fruit! A few nights in a row should do the trick. I remember it because he and the caller were having a good laugh at the silliness of it, but apparently it works a treat. 😊 I have never commented before but really enjoy reading your blog stories, thanks! Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357654156175988428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-58753840751249899402017-01-21T10:26:15.630+11:002017-01-21T10:26:15.630+11:00As always I loved reading your blog and am so impr...As always I loved reading your blog and am so impressed with your photographs. Magic! The Sunshine Coast is sweltering in a heat wave. Temperatures may not be that high but the humidity is awful. So what am I doing in the heat, knitting of course! I sit in front of a fan and have just started a swatch for a jumper in Katia Arte. My first experience of this type of yarn, and I like it a lot. Pure mercerised cotton, which is probably a better fit for Queensland conditions. And I am into Hygge, perhaps not a fit for Queensland, but I love the feel of it anyway. The lifestyle is one I think you would already be enjoying, even if you are not consciously doing so. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623477220445028824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-25377598813084312582017-01-21T09:37:54.273+11:002017-01-21T09:37:54.273+11:00Thank you for the beautiful cornflowers, Queen Ann...Thank you for the beautiful cornflowers, Queen Ann's Lace and luscious fruit and vegetables, green lettuce and seedlings. I am deep in my usual January depression cycle and these photos help keep me hanging on.NanaBeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639187484063734188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-30758859073047070992017-01-21T06:01:06.031+11:002017-01-21T06:01:06.031+11:00As always I just love your writing, so pondering, ...As always I just love your writing, so pondering, so raw. <br />Despite my best intentions to become a gardener this year I haven't because the spot I want to use my husband has declared unsafe. I wanted to use where our recycled sewage used to pump on, he says no. But the grass is so lush there and brown everywhere else, so lost my inspiration.<br />What I am working on is plans for a new homeschool year. Our 17year old will 'graduate' sometime this year, our 12yr old is officially 'highschool' and our nearly 6 year old will officially join us. Year of transitions, where are the years rushing!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-410086719765242652017-01-21T05:47:57.470+11:002017-01-21T05:47:57.470+11:00Even in NZ, the vegetables are doing funny things....Even in NZ, the vegetables are doing funny things. I have had lots of cucumbers, but this year the tendrils on them won't attach themselves to their usual climbing frame, I have had to tie my plants up, I have heard people say their beans are having the same problem. My courgettes are deformed, we are getting so much wind it's drying things out. Lots of scrub fires in NZ this year so far. Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999097330359965266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-11583515256911878742017-01-21T04:32:23.527+11:002017-01-21T04:32:23.527+11:00Just discovered your blog a couple weeks ago and l...Just discovered your blog a couple weeks ago and love your posts! I'm here in the US feeling unsettled about Inauguration Day but trying to stay positive and enjoy extra rainy day cuddles with my toddler. I have a dress pattern traced and laid out on my cutting table with the fabric washed and in the dryer ready to cut at nap time today. I've been wanting to start a garden forever and finally started small with cilantro seeds yesterday and I've been reading lots about natural dye and plan to gather avocados from my yard to make something pink. Thanks for the inspiration and happy weekend to you too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-8493412925666110222017-01-21T01:27:32.796+11:002017-01-21T01:27:32.796+11:00Noone else I know has been watching This Is Us, so...Noone else I know has been watching This Is Us, so I have latched onto that part of your great post. I am loving it, the whole sibling rivalry/jealousy is so real to me, it is me and my sister to a T, and we weren't twins or adopted... I am hoping they commission a second series...Debdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144784177810052734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-76970174125884127022017-01-20T22:51:23.953+11:002017-01-20T22:51:23.953+11:00Dear Kate, I read As I Lay Dying for English Lit w...Dear Kate, I read As I Lay Dying for English Lit when I was in Year 12, in 1985. More than 30 years ago! Besides Pride and Prejudice it is one of the only books that I have kept from that time. I sympathize with Indi, it is a hard book, but it is one that I have never forgotten and the insights have remained. Faulkner in his analysis of dying shows what it means to live in all its complicated beauty. I'm sure as farmers you understand this very well. I wish her luck. Thanks for your posts which I enjoy immensely. SianUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125083671436279180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-8154170769987348102017-01-20T20:28:41.857+11:002017-01-20T20:28:41.857+11:00I'm sure it's the week of it, feeling all ...I'm sure it's the week of it, feeling all 6's & 7's and just not settled - I'm blaming the wind! .... and boy doesn't gardening/farming test you and your faith in your abilities...I love the seperation of disappointment and failure... we've had really crappy luck with spuds despite massive mounds and some serious back breaking mounding up sessions, including on some of those disgustingly hot windy days just because that was the only opportunity to do it - I'm hoping they are still coming but am not sure really... and all my romantic dreams of preserving bucket loads of fruit came to a crashing slightly fermented end the other day when I had my very first go at it and failed miserably. Thank god for the good old reliable easy to grow silverbeet :-) ... Do hope the apple season provides enough for you, some things really are out of our hands and despite the very best of intentions things can still turn sh!t on a dime. I can really feel the love for your grandparents when you write about them, how lovely to have all those beautiful memories to cherish. Loving your Friday posts x<br /><br />ps. I'm wearing pj's and dressing gown and the fire is roaring, I'm wondering what to do with the next batch of apricots but leaning heavily towards more jam, and I'm working on getting healthier and manifesting more energy to get through more of those things on the to do list that can overwhelm me into a state of inertia! :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-75088828515467183802017-01-20T20:19:42.549+11:002017-01-20T20:19:42.549+11:00So many thoughts and I really want to comment here...So many thoughts and I really want to comment here and connect with you but I'm not sure how to put them into words right now. <br />I really enjoyed this post. <br />Cheers Kate simplelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397507005757292686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-68310664552932572902017-01-20T20:10:54.409+11:002017-01-20T20:10:54.409+11:00The world can feel crazy and upside down at times ...The world can feel crazy and upside down at times I agree. Particularly after hearing the news from Melbourne this arvo. Your photos are stunning as always but that tiny frog is amazing. Tonight I am unsettled and uptight after cancelling a road trip this morning due to wet, muddy and dangerous roads. Bittersweet because we need the rain. Tomorrow is a new day xJane Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376686450149490088noreply@blogger.com