tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post5240197518123688653..comments2023-11-21T19:20:10.233+11:00Comments on Tiny Toadstool Cottage with Dorothy Jayne: A Productive WeekendTiny Toadstool Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-71376707682217537552015-06-01T13:26:54.706+10:002015-06-01T13:26:54.706+10:00Thanks, Jes. I have been out getting more done thi...Thanks, Jes. I have been out getting more done this morning - very excited about the progress!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-15477054087633689922015-06-01T11:24:12.283+10:002015-06-01T11:24:12.283+10:00Ah, doesn't it feel good to have productive we...Ah, doesn't it feel good to have productive weekends like this!!! Thank you for sharing and inspiring us on the Art of Home-Making Mondays! :)JEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300505126646960374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-61291162774897326782015-05-30T16:50:07.041+10:002015-05-30T16:50:07.041+10:00Thanks Terri, slowly getting there! That is why sc...Thanks Terri, slowly getting there! That is why scones are a danger to me - they are really just to hold the yummy jam and cream!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-20137877519732437102015-05-30T13:08:13.309+10:002015-05-30T13:08:13.309+10:00Hey Jayne, the garden is looking great and so is y...Hey Jayne, the garden is looking great and so is your wood pile. Thanks for sharing all your hard work with us at Good Morning Mondays. Blessings to you all. PS. I actually don't care where my cream goes on my scone, just as long as there is heaps ;-). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936255875038423505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-86185571008391079992015-05-27T21:16:38.130+10:002015-05-27T21:16:38.130+10:00I know, but it is very hard to let go. I keep pray...I know, but it is very hard to let go. I keep praying Jeremiah 29:11. I may never truly know what God's plans were in this, and I am really trying to keep that in my heart. Thank you so much for your kind, supportive words.Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-92202695002510312132015-05-27T20:02:30.936+10:002015-05-27T20:02:30.936+10:00Yay for like minded people and your start to livin...Yay for like minded people and your start to living on the land. Even though you want to still home school your children I firmly believe that if you honour your husbands direction (even when it is different from your own) and uphold your children in prayer, they will continue to thrive despite being in the education system. With you and your husband as their primary role models the Lord is bigger and able (even though I absolutely understand your fears).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-18566238531724145592015-05-27T10:27:21.356+10:002015-05-27T10:27:21.356+10:00Blogging is fun. I find that it helps me as most p...Blogging is fun. I find that it helps me as most people think I am a bit mad and there are so many people in blogland that are doing the things I would love to be doing. <br />We have just gone to a smaller house and while it is a challenge, I think it is worth it. We have five children (but my oldest has left home) in a 3 bedroom, one living area house. The kitchen is my biggest challenge as it is a tiny box, all closed off from the rest of the house - no open plan living in the 50s! With no pantry space! <br />A community garden would be a great thing to join - a great way to meet other like-minded people. We don't have one here really.<br />I used to homeschool, until hubby decided that the kids were to go to school. He never really agreed with it - it was more a matter of him 'letting' me homeschool. And now he has decided against it. Boy, that was, and still is, a major struggle for me. I still cry some days when I send them off to school. I just don't agree with our education system. Anyway, what's done is done and I cannot change it. So I am focusing on my gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting, etc. What I would really love is to have a food farm and a farmgate stand selling produce. Now the kids are in school (except for my youngest, but he will be soon) there is a lot of pressure to be doing a 'real' job. And our government certainly tells mothers that being at home isn't a real job, by taking funds from Family Tax Benefit to give to Childcare Benefits. I can't understand that thinking at all.<br />I am so looking forward to chatting some more with you. Good luck with all your endeavours. And let me know if you do join the blog world. It is actually really easy to set up, as I am most definitely not a technologically minded person!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-490958273461377212015-05-27T10:12:13.311+10:002015-05-27T10:12:13.311+10:00No I'm not a blogger. Though recently it has c...No I'm not a blogger. Though recently it has crossed my mind. If I did it would be along the lines of a beginner exploring and discovering the lost arts of the home. I'm still very much a beginner. My husband is a Maths teacher and I home school our 5 children which is sometimes challenge enough in itself. We live in a typical 4 bed, 2 lounge house with pool but now I would trade it for a modest home on some acres. We've been looking but on one income with lots of debt we just can't seem to afford to buy anything around here. This year I started a garden in our back courtyard but have very limited space. So soon I plan to become a member of a community garden to grow more invasive plants such as zuchinnis and pumpkins. Over the past year projects I've delved into for the first time have been making pickles and relishes with garden produce. Yougurt in the slow cooker, brew my own Kombucha, making chilli sauce from our habanero bush for hubbie, making my own laundry liquid and hand soap plus trying to get back into sewing and soon I hope to do some embroidery or knitting. With most homesteading blogs being from America I think that there is a need for an Australian perspective about simple living. So glad to have found yours for some more inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-77866289179556021062015-05-26T14:05:29.564+10:002015-05-26T14:05:29.564+10:00I am a cream on top person too! We live in Hamilto...I am a cream on top person too! We live in Hamilton Vic on 8 acres. I haven't been to Dubbo in years, since we used to drive up to visit MIL in Queensland. Rhonda is fabulous. isn't she? I agree, but it has taken me a long time to get there, that we have to find the joy and contentment in where we are. I always wanted to build an off-grid home on a big property, but I have finally come to realise that this is not going to happen. I have spent so long wishing for what I could have in the future, that I haven't been present in the moment or focused on what I could do right now. It is hard to give up a dream - believe me, I am still struggling with it - but I am trying to do what I can here. You are right, it is about offering an alternative to the mindless consumption society - being more mindful and thoughtful about our everyday actions.<br />I would love to hear more about what you are doing. Do you have a blog? I couldn't seem to find one, but hey, I am not the most tech minded person in the world! If things work on my computer, half of the time it is pure luck!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-82236010913654492682015-05-26T11:33:16.738+10:002015-05-26T11:33:16.738+10:00Where do you live Jayne? Your place looks absolute...Where do you live Jayne? Your place looks absolutely beautiful to me. My family of seven live in Dubbo NSW and a small parcel of land is my dream but I have to be content homesteading my small backyard for now. I'm so bummed that I don't even have room for some chickens because our 2 labs take up the side garden space. Anyway I'm discovering that there's joy in making do with what you have. I was reading Rhonda's Down to Earth blog the other day and she was discussing how people can't comprehend the joy of staying at home verses being out and about all the time. But there is joy in sitting down at the end of the day and viewing the fruits of your labour (even if it's only a herb garden outside the dinning room window) We are doing something to enrich the life of our family and building a home of character and love not just consuming...By the way I always put the cream on top. Less mess that way in my opinion. God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-90038913217069338872015-05-26T09:56:00.036+10:002015-05-26T09:56:00.036+10:00Oh yes, I would love to see your land. Tell me mor...Oh yes, I would love to see your land. Tell me more! I am always reorganising wood as the pile gets used up. Crazy, I know! But I just like to see it look neat, and I agree, those funny bits that are the wrong size or shape do my head in! Where can they go? I have to have a separate area, hidden round the corner, for those pieces!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-30543554996076844582015-05-26T09:53:41.166+10:002015-05-26T09:53:41.166+10:00Thank you! The bare bones of the veggie garden hav...Thank you! The bare bones of the veggie garden have been there for a while. I just let it go as we were unsure whether we would be staying here or selling. So now we are staying, I can go for it!Tiny Toadstool Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741553266633373902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-36746128798526944432015-05-26T03:43:13.801+10:002015-05-26T03:43:13.801+10:00My woodpile would look much like your woodpile. I...My woodpile would look much like your woodpile. I should take a picture of it next time we are up at "the land". It is rather neat and tidy (and may or may not also be sorted by size to boot). Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447113571069402625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644081471881436580.post-64223463316451250112015-05-25T22:50:23.424+10:002015-05-25T22:50:23.424+10:00ooohh great minds think alike, we are attempting t...ooohh great minds think alike, we are attempting to get our veg garden started too :) it doesn't look nearly so neat and tidy as yours though :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917735759331109700noreply@blogger.com