tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post8934246508741852581..comments2024-01-21T21:41:49.449+11:00Comments on Foxs Lane: pumpkin patchKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234467488696653117noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-32423386056858600672016-04-25T19:56:56.645+10:002016-04-25T19:56:56.645+10:00The pumpkins look amazing! The pumpkins look amazing! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-85482717229211833392016-04-23T19:54:39.732+10:002016-04-23T19:54:39.732+10:00Spring is just beginning here, so I am growing... ...Spring is just beginning here, so I am growing... peas, beans, nasturtiums, radishes, buying more seeds, being outside in the sun more.. it is lovely. And I love how your blog provides me with seasonal balance, as whenever I am starting something in the garden, you are finishing it and vice versa. :)Silly Little Sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871866600035558598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-27823205323169100302016-04-21T11:14:10.232+10:002016-04-21T11:14:10.232+10:00I was thinking about your blog today. And so I wro...I was thinking about your blog today. And so I wrote this:<br />https://hillshadowhouse.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/the-grass-is-only-greener-cause-its-fake/<br />xxDarklysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08785949258872938481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-839244713509567192016-04-19T19:27:37.538+10:002016-04-19T19:27:37.538+10:00Oh kate so excited to see another post. I had chec...Oh kate so excited to see another post. I had checked and checked again and again. Promised myself that nothing bad had happened and that you were busy with the girls school and picking a gazillion apples. I was thinking of you today one of the children in my class brought in a home grown apple from her neighbor's orchard and it was like no apple i had seen before. It was how you imagine the apple in the story of Snow White. It was so richly red on the skin and so crisp white inside with little pink veins in the flesh. It was a gentle sweet not at all tart in flavour. Such a beautiful thing i hope she brings another and can tell me what variety it is. Amazing apple. Glad to hear the girls are doing well. I teach at a school where i see that exact thing happen. Children taught to be curious and creative and open to the world. Quite different teaching to some i have done in my early days. It is incredible to not feel as if you are filling little folk with information but fostering a love of learning an excitment in the next generation to find things out for themselves to be creative in the way that they look at life and confident that they are learing skills for life that they can use to go anywhere they like. Wow those pumpkins are fabulous. We are planning for our autumn festival. There are lanterns to make jackolanterns to carve soup and pie to make. I am making pumpkin pies on friday for our school stall at the local farmers market. Looking forward to singing round the fire at school with warm coats hearty soup and lots of laughs. I would love to know what variety are the beautiful orange pumpkins. They look spectacular. Are they an eating pumpkin? My mum speaks of pie pumpkins that look like that from her childhood in america. I would love to plant ones like that in my school garden next yr. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521067593175822499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-10799285516139514672016-04-18T09:18:38.955+10:002016-04-18T09:18:38.955+10:00Happy 1000th post ❤️ So many beautiful pumpkins!!Happy 1000th post ❤️ So many beautiful pumpkins!!Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13930778322614102971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-72000028163942323792016-04-14T07:08:06.705+10:002016-04-14T07:08:06.705+10:00The Ellie chronicles is deleted from my brain, i l...The Ellie chronicles is deleted from my brain, i loved the original series and i didnt like what happened in the others. I do not recomend them, stick with the serie and let it end like that - I was happier that wayLundabonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423483656790826009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-87713075503266165982016-04-13T21:12:34.394+10:002016-04-13T21:12:34.394+10:00Wow! 1000 posts. Good on you! I've enjoyed c...Wow! 1000 posts. Good on you! I've enjoyed catching up on all your doings. I can understand you not getting a chance to blog. You have been just a tad busy. I hope as Autumn closes in things mellow a little for you all.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288331185772160975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-63464690937451394322016-04-13T16:39:44.749+10:002016-04-13T16:39:44.749+10:00Mmmhhh, pumpkin! I love, love, love making pumpkin...Mmmhhh, pumpkin! I love, love, love making pumpkin soup and I try to freeze cut up pumpkin in fall when it is in season. I missed out last year (my dad was dying/died and thus I had no time) and I really miss having ready made pumpkin in my freezer! <br /><br />Take care<br />Anne<br />Crochet Between WorldsAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245498764155066221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-56601212033503016862016-04-13T13:11:07.776+10:002016-04-13T13:11:07.776+10:00Congratulations on your 1000th post!!!!! So very h...Congratulations on your 1000th post!!!!! So very happy to have you back and read more on your shenanigans. You were missed here xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-61235355226852469192016-04-13T11:11:26.079+10:002016-04-13T11:11:26.079+10:00Loved the tomorrow series, but the Elle chronicles...Loved the tomorrow series, but the Elle chronicles didn't live up to them. And don't even watch the movie it was terrible!Jacintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399196817665374933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-81779477781884634452016-04-13T06:44:44.128+10:002016-04-13T06:44:44.128+10:00Always a true delight to see the family and the fa...Always a true delight to see the family and the farm. The new school sounds just perfect. And yes, reading can draw us deep into a story and leave us drained on the other end. I love reading-it's my favorite thing to do.Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08938791116446859160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-48222887715834131902016-04-13T00:47:48.692+10:002016-04-13T00:47:48.692+10:00Wonderful news that schooling is working great! Th...Wonderful news that schooling is working great! The girls look very happy, other than health what more could we want?! Spring has sprung big time here and I'm elbow deep in either dirt or bees at the moment. Three swarms caught already and the potatoes need hilling, the green house is full of freshly potted seeds of tomatoes and peppers (too many for sure). lol I too can get lost in a book and the world falls away.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069413208192422413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-75722507773566779192016-04-12T23:46:25.992+10:002016-04-12T23:46:25.992+10:00It is so nice to read your blog again, I always en...It is so nice to read your blog again, I always enjoy it! I can imagine how busy you must have been lately. Here (in the Netherlands) the summer is coming now, but you are in the fall, funny to realize;-). The pumpkins in all their sizes, so lovely to see, just thanks for sharing your pics!!!Lidiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820535165360339624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-72256036821240483052016-04-12T22:24:45.068+10:002016-04-12T22:24:45.068+10:00Oh so worth the wait! What a lovely post! And what...Oh so worth the wait! What a lovely post! And what lovely photos!<br />Now, John Marsden. Tomorrow When The War Began. Oh My. I can't even tell you how I adore these stories and this brilliant author. I read them in the beginning and many times after and I still wonder how the hell John got into my head. I've always dreamed of doing his writing courses. I hope your girls get the chance. I wrote to him once and he wrote back! The most wonderful little letter on a postcard. I adore him Still. Obviously.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176168612075022125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-84650829524725459442016-04-12T21:22:48.855+10:002016-04-12T21:22:48.855+10:00Congratulations on 1000 post's looking forward...Congratulations on 1000 post's looking forward to many more!poshfairieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232663079054088265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-71943472868411288472016-04-12T21:04:51.860+10:002016-04-12T21:04:51.860+10:00I love your blog. Congratulations on the 1000th po...I love your blog. Congratulations on the 1000th post!gaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574071702963606639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-33499950051716052202016-04-12T20:30:43.976+10:002016-04-12T20:30:43.976+10:00Yay, I've missed your posts... so nice to catc...Yay, I've missed your posts... so nice to catch up and read about your wonderful reading, and farming days...and look at all those amazeballs pumpkins! And you know, the spinning will come when the time is right, when so much else is happening like all that farming and preserving it's hard to put the time into a new slow love and really slow into learning it... <br />We've been settling into our new place and tonight I have to pinch myself yet again at the fact that not only did we pick fresh mushrooms for dinner from our paddocks, but we have paddocks! Still feels surreal. I'm starting to get used to the driving, and although it's a huge chunk of time that I no longer have, every time I pull in the drive I know it's worth it. And podcasts have helped me enormously in that I don't feel I'm 'wasting' that time. <br />So happy for you getting that feeling of it being the right decision with your girls school - wonderful that you see a difference already. Congrats on the 1000th, what a fab achievement! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-61040303391017446012016-04-12T20:17:46.602+10:002016-04-12T20:17:46.602+10:00Congratulations on your 1000th post. So glad you h...Congratulations on your 1000th post. So glad you had a quick pop back always lovely to read your blog. You have all been so busy and the girls look really happy and healthyright decisions all round I'd say. Don't beat yourself up about the spinning it will come but life is too short to be worrying about things that we don't really have time to do. Life gets in the way sometimes but life is for living. Glad to hear that you have had a good harvest. Those pesky birds but Mother Nature has a way of evening things out. JackieJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844263537630989995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-65896942415035428152016-04-12T20:07:08.804+10:002016-04-12T20:07:08.804+10:00Yay for 1000 posts Kate!!! Lovely to catch up on y...Yay for 1000 posts Kate!!! Lovely to catch up on your news. Your girls are growing up. I think Jazzy has changed the most lately, looking at your photos. You certainly have three beautiful girls. Love the pumpkin photos. xxxoooJulie Maloney Handmadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529876368067739360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-18804809771197349292016-04-12T19:21:17.689+10:002016-04-12T19:21:17.689+10:00Firstly - yay for 1000 posts! I was so glad to see...Firstly - yay for 1000 posts! I was so glad to see you pop up in my feed once more.<br />All those pumpkins - wow! I hope you've found some recipes for them :-) I'm a little jealous of them actually, I harvested our first pumpkin for the year the other day, and up until this week it's been the only female flower our vine has produced. But now it's popping out in heaps of flowers, so like your tomatoes I fear my pumpkins will be "the last first pumpkins in Australia" :-)<br /><br />I'm really glad to hear that you're ultimately happy with Indi and Jazzy's school. It's so important. And you know this time of their lives really isn't going to last that long, either. <br />I've always though of spinning as a winter craft. I'm sure you'll get into it when the time is right.<br />The most recent thing I have been up to is filling a wheelbarrow with passionfruit from our two vines. I've given some away and am wondering what to do with the rest. <br /><br />Sarah xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424494318400885717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-86670824168407692832016-04-12T16:55:41.018+10:002016-04-12T16:55:41.018+10:00Welcome back to blogland, it's nice to have yo...Welcome back to blogland, it's nice to have you here again!<br />I always envy you for living on a farm. I know that it's hard work - my grandparents have been vegetable farmers as well, though of course it was way harder 50 years back! <br />I got the news that we will be able to move into our own house come next year which means our own little garden. It will be really small, but I definitely will start a small strawberry field and a little herb garden! I'm so excited already! :)Emm.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981784992123443746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-83713855535335138242016-04-12T16:24:47.945+10:002016-04-12T16:24:47.945+10:00I've missed you too, Kate. It sounds like life...I've missed you too, Kate. It sounds like life has been very full of very big things for you.<br />I read Tomorrow When The War Began a few years ago, and LOVED it. My heart raced in fear and excitement and anticipation and hope, and planes or helicopters that fly over at night still scare me. It's not a usual thing here. <br /> simplelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397507005757292686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-73938923336164682892016-04-12T16:15:16.167+10:002016-04-12T16:15:16.167+10:00Each one of your posts exceeds my recommended dail...Each one of your posts exceeds my recommended daily intake of lovely.Justin Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546255284537897629noreply@blogger.com