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A new post every week from the kitchen, the mudroom and the verandah: mornings, chores, meals and plans.
Nov 5, 2026 · 6 min read
The bus run: shoes, bags and a dog at the gate
Getting four children from the kitchen to the bus stop at the end of our road, with everything in the right bag.
Nov 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Collecting eggs with small hands
How the youngest two collect the eggs each morning, and the basket and the rules that keep them whole.
Nov 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Bottle-feeding a lamb before school
Two children, one bottle and a lamb who is always hungry. Who does it, when, and how we fit it in.
Nov 2, 2026 · 8 min read
A job board for the kids' chores
A board with a card for every job, and a place to move it when it is done. How we set it up and keep it going.
Nov 1, 2026 · 9 min read
A big pot of stew that feeds six
The stew I put on the stove after lunch, so that dinner is ready when everyone comes in from the paddock.
Oct 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Verandah dinners when the day is done
Eating outside at dusk, with the dishes done later: the simple dinners that suit a long day on the farm.
Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The mudroom hook wall: one hook each
A row of hooks and one for each child, so that hats, bags and coats are never lost on the way out.
Oct 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Planning the week on a farm
How I write the week on one page: school, lambing, shearing and who is where on which day.
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Breakfast for four before the bus
What I cook on a school morning, and the order I do it in, so that everyone sits down and eats.
Sep 26, 2026 · 6 min read
A walk along the farm track after school
Our after-school walk with the dog, and what the children tell me when we are not looking at each other.
Newsletter
The Farm Week
A short letter every Sunday from the verandah: the week ahead, one dinner and one job for the children to try.