Organic farm life

 So what have we been doing in Quaama for the last three weeks?  We have been feeding the cow who is currently with calf, about 45 chickens, and giving a flock of geese a snack daily; seeing Nahlia's delight at the cat's fur and whiskers; shoveling cow poo into the front-end bucket of the tractor and spreading it onto the garden;  washing nappies and hanging them in the caravan to dry; sharing great vegetarian meals; building a rabbit-proof fence around the large vegetable patch; watching the geese graze around our caravan; pruning and heavily mulching aubergines, capsicums and chilli plants so they survive the winter; watching Nahlia take more and more steps unaided; cooking roast pumpkin soup; being nice and warm at night; some painting and cleaning up of our host's new yoga studio in Cobargo; using a compost toilet with a beautiful mountainous view; 'catching' escapee goats; chopping firewood for the wood stove which heats water for washing up; taking some pumpkins and green capsicums to organic shops to sell them; waking at the crack of dawn with Nahlia and going to bed at 7pm with her;  enjoying raw chocolate coconut banana cake; visiting beautiful nearby towns and surrounds on Sundays; building square pigeon holes and seating for the studio; picking the remains of the cherry tomato crop; catching drips in saucepans in our caravan; taking a showing once every three days; sliding down a muddy slope to feed the chickens in the pelting rain; watching the geese waddle home in the evening; slashing the tall grass to make mulch; boiling our drinking water (rainwater tanks only); raking goose poo into bags for the garden; jumping on the trampoline with Nahlia; washing up in a sink without running water; baking pumpkin cake; watering seedlings in the greeenhouse; teaching our host how to make sauerkraut; and stashing our gumboots under the caravan to keep them dry and navigating our feet into them when we step out again.