As the state is going through a heat wave this weekend, it’s time to stay indoors and enjoy the evaporative cooling. Here in Broken Hill the temperature is supposed to get to 41°C today and 43°C tomorrow. It’s a good time to write something on the blog. Exactly a year ago today we were in Broken Hill looking at properties to buy and the house … Continue reading Summer in the Garden
It’s taken me all week to write this blog post because the internet has been so bad that I haven’t been able to download the photos I took. In the meantime, we had a dust storm yesterday (see photos left) in Broken Hill and north north-westerly winds of up to 67 km/h. I’m still adjusting to how windy this town can be. We’ve planted our … Continue reading Planting Garlic
I’m making an effort to be more connected to our food sources and recently visited the Canberra Farmers Markets to purchase some produce. I splurged and purchased some chestnut, enoki, king brown and shitake mushrooms from Gooda Creek Mushrooms which I used to cook Paul West’s Pappardelle and Mixed Mushrooms. Continue reading Mushroom dreams and Princess Pumpkin
A Home in the Outback 