Jembella Farm: Happy Holiday Mulga Bill

Wednesday 2 December 2015

Happy Holiday Mulga Bill

Rescue dog Alan is a super chilled character. One minute playing dead while stretching in the sun, and next minute giving me the big eyed pleading to please come inside.

Bye bye Mulga Bill, see you in March.

Not much time to sit today. What's new?
We got the phone call this morning from the farmer in the Adelaide Hills to tell us he's ready for the bull. So this being the last reasonably cool day for a week or so coming, we loaded him up and I waved him goodbye.
Friends are arriving from Queensland this afternoon to stay with us for a few days so I didn't have time to go with Brian to check out his holiday home.
I've vacuumed the floors, wiped some dust and swept as many cobwebs as I could. Now cooking and baking so I don't have to spend too much time in the kitchen over the next days.

I want to be sitting around this table chatting and catching up with our guests with not too much time spent behind that bench and at the sink.

There are bound to be lots of cups of tea drank on this verandah over the next few days.
Thanks for dropping by to Jembella Farm today. See you again soon.

9 comments:

Emma Christian2 December 2015 at 16:19
Beautiful country cottage! What a welcoming, friendly space.

Xx
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Barbara2 December 2015 at 17:00
How refreshing to see a house full of loved and cherished
things and not a minimalist box! Sometimes I feel like I'm the
only person who wants to hang one to possessions that mean
something to me. Your hallway is almost identical to ours -
even down to the rug on the floor!
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selina2 December 2015 at 19:57
omg i love your kitchen! if i was visiting i would want to help cook in there :)) it's very warm & inviting, love the old wood table & chairs, you have an adorable home!
enjoy your visitors, we'll see you after
thanx for sharing
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Joolz3 December 2015 at 13:37
Yes, your kitchen is lovely! Oh, those high ceilings are magnificent too! More hot weather on the way, yuck, I hate it!
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Unknown3 December 2015 at 14:18
Hi Sally, thanks for sharing these photos! I've been looking for kitchen inspiration and I really love what you've done there. I'll be showing the trailer to Pete as we need something like that for transporting a few animals at a time. AND your dog Alan is gorgeous :)
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Jembella Farm5 December 2015 at 13:38
Thanks so much for all of these wonderful comments. Ladies, we obviously share our taste in kitchens and I thank you for being so kind, but there a many who enter and I can see they are not comfortable with this kind of room with all of its clutter. Each to our own I guess, but I feel uncomfortable in the sterile bare kitchens that appear to be popular these days. :)
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Brigie3 December 2017 at 17:16
Oh, what a totally beautiful, comfy lived in home. The only way to live, why would you want anything else!
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About Us

Whether you're living in an apartment, in a house in the suburbs or on acres, you can live frugally and sustainably. There are many things you can do to save money, eat ethically and healthily, reduce waste and live an enriched life.
We are Sally and Brian and we live in the Barossa Valley (South Australia) in a 100 year old house on sixteen acres with 2 dogs, 7 cows, 2 alpacas, 5 geese, 35 chickens, 78 sheep and a few bee hives.
Our way of life takes team work and dedication, but over the years we've learned to be more productive without seeming to put in quite so much effort. We've learned through making mistakes and taking a different approach to what the conventional ways would be. Still learning every day and constantly researching old and new methods, we believe that our lives are greatly enriched, we are healthier and we couldn't imagine any other way of life.
Considered to be living The Good Life, people love to visit us on our small farm to learn about our simple living philosophy.

Why do we do it?
Our love of good food, concern for our health and respect for all animals. The further we got into living on the land the more aware we became that most of the standard practices of growing food were not satisfactory. We couldn't eat with a clear conscience.
Milk from sad cows, pasteurized and homogenized into white liquid. Meat from distressed, hormone and antibiotic pumped livestock. Vegetables and fruits grown and sprayed with chemicals. What to do? Grow our own!
Slowly we grew our knowledge and took one step at a time, becoming proficient in one skill before moving on to the next. The learning curves were steep. We fell over and got back up again. There has been some derision and criticism of our approach from a few, but that's life when you swim against the tide.
If we are not the "norm" then so be it. There is nothing "normal" about growth hormones fed to beef, anti-biotics and chemicals fed routinely to chickens, cruelty and disrespect for farmed animals, meals in a box, GM foods, strawberries and tomatoes in winter.
Thankfully the World is waking up to cleaner and more ethical food. We didn't know back then that Organics and Bio-dynamics would become the "new black". The tide is turning and our swimming is becoming easier.