Helping our farmers and bushfire victims

A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a friend of mine who lives in a rural area and she was telling me about the rough time our farmers are having. We know how bad it is for our farmers but we don't usually find out the nitty gritty of their situation like having no income, no water and their children having to go to school without having a bath. Things those of us in town take for granted.

Saying goodbye to 2019 at Simple Living Toowoomba

Yesterday our Simple Living Toowoomba group held the last workshop for the year. Our co-ordinator, Margy, showed how to make some frozen treats to help us cope with the coming heat and then we joined in sharing Secret Santa gifts and had a chat about different topics and what we hope to feature next year.

The mug-rug winners are...

The winners of the mug-rugs were drawn this morning and the winners are Meg from A Hopeful Nature and Pauline from Happy Retiree's Kitchen.

Have you heard of Black Garlic?

I opened up an email recently from Bush Christmas which starts on the 27th November and in it was an interesting article by Budgee Garlic and Herbs about Black Garlic which I had never heard of before. As Budgee Garlic and Herbs is at our Farmers Market each Saturday I called in there and asked if they had any for sale as it sounded quite fascinating.

A pleasant surprise, a good book and a giveaway

Each morning I follow the same ritual and after breakfast walk around the garden and work out what needs a bit of water and TLC and I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I was greeted by a new hollyhock flower on a plant that I only put in just a few months ago as I wasn't expecting the new plants to flower until next spring.