Down To Earth Homesteading Australia

10/11/2023

New incubator!!!

09/08/2023

The new incubator is on day 21, that means I will have mixed breed, unsexed, day old chicks available for $10 hatching today/tomorrow.

24/06/2023

Well it's been a while since I've updated on the veggie garden, mainly because well I haven't been out there in way too long.

The w**ds have taken over, however today I got in there and made some good progress.

Asparagus bed w**ded. Lettuces in another bed. Have planted broccoli and cauliflower in the old potato beds. Have a new sweet potato bed. Have planted brussel sprouts in another bed and in another one we have onions, garlic, celery and some carrots.

The sheep came and had a go at helping w**d. I think the ducks will be more useful.

I still have a couple beds that are empty and at least 1 that still needs w**ding, however it was getting wet and was losing light.

Hoping to get out there again tomorrow and get a lot more w**ding done, hopefully with help from the ducks and maybe the chickens.

26/03/2023

Well I know I haven't posted very much of late, that's because I don't like admitting things are not going well and well things have been hard!

My health isn't something I usually talk about, usually I am too busy proving what I can do.

For those who don't know I was born with very complex heart defects. I've had multiple operations to fix my heart, this condition will require life long monitoring. I've had 2 open heart surgeries and last week I had my first intervention as an adult, my first as a mother. I had my plumory archery valve replaced with an Edward Sapian 3 (latest tech) and my pulmonary artery stent enlarged from 15mm to 22mm.

I am sore, like I can't really believe how many bruises I have everywhere. However I am healing and for the first time in a long time now, I am not breathless just walking around the house.

So in the interest of raising awareness:

19/03/2023

Organic, homegrown mangos!

02/02/2023

01/01/2023

Yesterday we picked up this little china cabinet that had been converted to a rabbit house. With a few minor adjustments this will be my new chicken incubator and brooder cabinet and storage. New holes drilled out for the brooder plates today.

13/10/2022

Installing a new duck pond for the ducks.

*I did not do this myself, my 2nd oldest daughter has done this to help me out *

31/08/2022

Some phones of what I have growing in the garden... Lots of cauliflower and cabbage!

23/08/2022

My first ever home grown organic, spray free cabbage!!!

My first one ever grown too point of harvest (usually chickens or sheep have eaten them).

15/08/2022

All this from just 2 ewes. One has been in milk since Jan 2022 and is slowing down, the other since last week.

04/06/2022

Increasing the dairy herd!!!

02/06/2022

Rendering lard!

22/05/2022

Homemade Orange 🍊 Marmalade

22/05/2022

Todays harvest

10/05/2022

Todays collection from the Down To Earth Homestead Australia. 10 mandarins one green apple one red apple two duck eggs and some fresh sheep milk.

10/05/2022

So happy all 3 apples trees have apples. Not many but this is a 100% improvement in the last 4.5years!!!


29/04/2022

Overnight delivery from Amazon means today is bath bomb making!

29/04/2022

Yay for fresh milk!!!

18/04/2022

Starting the new season of veggies, bit later than planned, but better late than never.

12/04/2022

So excited that this has arrived.

09/04/2022

We have babies!!! 3 little ones so far!!!

27/03/2022

Today I did a class we made soap, goats milk soap, bath bombs and shower melts. Was a great day and I loved making beautiful products. Can’t wait to make more.

18/03/2022

New chickens!!!

26/02/2022

Pocking cherry tomatoes.

25/02/2022

Quick Milking Update:

I am hand milking morning and night and we are getting between 600-700mls each milking. I am pleased with how things are going. There are still a few things I need to iron out, it all takes time and most of the time $. I have sheep halters on order which I am hoping will help keep the merinos out of the way and partway through the construction of a milking stand, which should help my back. The electric milking pump arrived, however was a bit of a mess, will post video of that to YouTube. All in all its going well.

20/02/2022

Well hello there duckie!

03/02/2022

Last nights harvest

03/02/2022

Have a GoPro to start using my YouTube channel. Is a work in progress and I am still learning all the videoing and editing stuff. Here is https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCaT4WotB0xj5qZwO9fPmdZA/videos

31/01/2022

So I created my first YouTube video.

https://youtu.be/EUsZPwWQAk8

I still need to improve, hopefully learn to use the GoPro etc but for a first it will do.

Hopefully will get good enough to put up a monthly video on different homesteading things.

I quick introduction to and history of DTEHE

24/01/2022

Attempting to create milk powder.

21/01/2022

New babies!!! It’s so hot they don’t even want to go under the brooder plate.

21/01/2022

Things we have tried in the dehydrator so far, bananas, kiwi fruit, grapes, pears, lemons.