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.

Nahlia's days

 The cat is her new best friend... except when she pulls on his tail or grabs his fur too roughly!

 'Helping' Mummy collect mulch for the garden.

Helping Mummy in the garden has it's rewards... fresh cherry tomatoes!!

The world according to Nahlia....

It's a race between me and the sun to get up in the morning.... I always win.

Crayons are for eating; pencils are for drawing with.

Pasta and cheese are my favourite foods; almost everything else goes on the floor.

I LOVE my shoes and often ask Mummy or Daddy to put them on for me so I can go walking; walking is my favourite thing to do.

Collecting treasure is my next favourite thing to do.  Toys, rocks, sticks, dirt or sand goes into whatever container I can find so I can carry them around and deposit them safely somewhere; or I just collect rocks and put them safely together on Mummy's bed.

Everything new that's worth exploring must be taste-tested; Mummy has thwarted all my efforts to explore goose poop so far....

Cats are lovely and soft and tickle my hands and face; dogs are big and scary and are only safe to observe from Mummy or Daddy's arms.

Beautiful Bermagui beach

Winter at the beach at Bermagui!!  We enjoyed the sun, the surf, and the sand today....  it was a lovely day off from our duties at the farm.