tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88863611181612567562024-03-12T19:15:59.349-07:00Claremont White Dorpers BlogLiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-38051933262682105912012-11-12T17:55:00.004-08:002012-11-13T19:48:02.828-08:00ChristmasCan you believe it, the middle of November is here. Where did the year go? <br />
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This year Claremont is hosting Christmas lunch again there will be about 20 family members and guests attending this year.<br />
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The theme for Christmas 2012 is <strong>Handmade</strong>. Everyone is making handmade gifts instead of expensive store bought items. <br />
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I thought I would share some of the recipes that would be served for Christmas lunch Australian style. <br />
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First - Lia's Potato Salad.<br />
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Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-65782739894153131072012-10-11T15:21:00.000-07:002012-10-11T19:22:20.721-07:00Sheep Weather Alert<br />
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We were advised earlier in the week that a cold snap was going to occur on Wednesday and Thursday. No one expexted snow in the middle of October. We have not seen snow that stayed on the ground since 2004 and that was in the middle of winter. The weather is predicted to improve by the weekend. Bring on the warm days please!</div>
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Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-85587292538487018742012-09-09T17:42:00.001-07:002012-09-10T15:15:34.409-07:00Fox ControlFoxes are a big problem in our area and we often encourage licence shooters to see if the numbers can be reduced. <br />
On Saturday whilst enjoying a quiet afternoon Cameron, Jeff and Kim spotted two large foxes strolling through the paddock. Cameron was the lookout keeping an eye on the foxes while Kim and Jeff headed to the gun cupboard for the riffles. By the time the guns were loaded the foxes had disappeared. <br />
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The boys decided backup was required and called Cameron's brother in-law David. He has hunted a few times at Claremont and been successful on a previous occasion. <br />
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Dave arrived about an hour later. The plan was for Kim and Jeff to dive to the dam while Dave and Cameron were ready in the bush above the dam to ambush the fox. The plan worked and there is one less fox to attack lambs. Dave is a good shot and killed the animal quickly and humanely.<br />
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Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-36233226239788907932012-08-19T17:44:00.002-07:002012-08-20T15:04:40.910-07:00New Toy or ToolWe ordered a new quad bike a few weeks ago as the buggy we had been using to round up the sheep was very tired. The buggy has clocked up over 5,000 miles on our 200 acres it has been repaired and will be kept as a backup. Kim and I realised that something more heavy-duty was required. I never wanted a quad bike because of safety reasons. The buggy had a roll bar and seat belts and that really appealed to me. Farm machinery has to be treated with respect. I found that out the hard way.<br />
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A few years ago my 80 year old Dad tried to kill me with the buggy by ramming me into a gate – twice. We laugh at the whole scenario now but I could have been really hurt. Here is the story.<br />
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Dad and I were travelling together to check sheep while Kim was away with work. Dad was the passenger and I was driving. At the first gate I got out to open it and at that moment Dad stuck his foot from the passenger side onto the accelerator and drove through the gate. I couldn't believe he did that so I seriously told him off. At the next gate he did the same thing again, the man doesn't listen. We reach the paddock I got out to walk down the hill to check the sheep. Next thing I can hear the buggy taking off. I quickly ran back to the top of the hill and here is Dad still in the passenger seat driving the thing looking for me WTF. I was really angry and told him not to do that again. We finished checking the sheep and started to drive back where I stopped at the first gate and I left the buggy to open it. The gate got caught on a thatch of grass and as I went to lift the gate over the thatch dad put his foot on the accelerator again and rammed into me pinning me against the gate. Then, instead of reverse he hit the accelerator again and rammed me into the gate for a second time. I was black and blue with tread mark bruises all over my legs and back. Dad has not been in the buggy since that day and it was his choice.<br />
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On Saturday we made the trip to Sydney to collect the bike. The bike has a passenger seat behind the driver so on Sunday Kim took me for a drive and managed to frighten the shit out of me. I could be heard screaming up hill and down dale. Kim, Cameron and Skye though it was hilarious. <br />
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On the 3rd of August I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of my nephew Harrison (also known as Harry) and his lovely bride Samantha (also known as Sammy or Sam). The ceremony was held at the Ballina lighthouse, an absolutely stunning setting overlooking the ocean. <br />
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It was a great family get together with family travelling from far and wide to attend. Kim and I travelled to Lismore and stayed with my sister Maureen on Wednesday the 1st August (we made it from Gundaroo to Lismore in 12 hours). It was a long drive and we were tired but so excited to see our family! <br />
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It is becoming an unspoken family tradition to have a party before the party and this time was no different! Maureen, my niece Tamarah and I were enjoying each others company and we managed to polish off more than a few bottles of sparkling wine and poor Tam suffered badly the next day. Naughty Aunties!<br />
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Thursday was spent organising bits and pieces, we also had to decorate the reception room which we only finished a couple of hours before the ceremony. We managed to get everything done and the reception venue looked gorgeous! <br />
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What a beautiful wedding followed by a fantastic time at the reception!<br />
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Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-78029440693404081542012-08-06T16:06:00.000-07:002012-08-06T16:06:01.546-07:00Dorper School ResultsAfter an anxious wait the course results are back. Much to the relief of Eileen, Sarah, Jess and myself we all passed. My pass mark was 74% just above the class average of 73%. Wicus Cronje the South African Judge and inspector will be very satisfied with 19 out of 20 students passing the course.<br />
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The first 3 days of the course are really spent in the sheep yards 8am to 5pm learning about what makes an outstanding meat sheep. As you can see from the picture below we did lots of study. <br />
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Back in the beautiful room after a freezing day in the yardsLiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-1884343365630293952012-07-11T00:37:00.001-07:002012-07-16T04:53:21.909-07:00Dorper Sheep SchoolI had the happy experience of attending a Dorper sheep school at Burrawang Station West with good sheep friends and daughter Jessica.<br />
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Inside are some wonderful projects including this nap mat. I made one for Oliver and here is Harry's. They are really useful Oliver takes his to day-care for afternoon naps and here Harry was meant to be sleeping on my bed. I am going to make another nap mat for a friend’s granddaughter and I will post a tutorial on the process. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harriet put herself on the pillow</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love Rhonda's blog "Down to Earth" <a href="http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/">http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">So many wonderful tips on simple living, saving money, green cleaners, vegetables, life skills and cooking from scratch. I recently met her when I purchased her book and both Rhonda and her husband Hanno are wonderful people. I decided to try the homemade laundry liquid recipe from her book. It works a treat and I was so impressed that I made a batch for Skye and Alison they love it as well. Below is the recipe from Rhonda's blog. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">We live in the country on a farm and recycle our grey and black </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">water which goes on trees in the paddock once treated. I decided not to use Borax opting for Napisan instead.</span></div>
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<li>½ cup washing soda – NOT baking or bicarb soda</li>
<li>½ cup borax - I replaced Borax with Napisan</li>
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Please note that washing soda is different to baking soda. Sometimes there are two types of washing soda on sale - washing soda crystals and washing soda powder, buy the powder, it's easier to dissolve.<br />
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You may add any essential oil of your choice to these homemade cleaners. Oils like tea tree, eucalyptus, lavender or rose are ideal but are not an essential ingredient. They are not necessary to the recipe but do not detract from the effectiveness by adding them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">In a saucepan containing one litre/quart of water add one cup of soap flakes. Turn on the heat and stir. Bring the mix to the boil and when the soap flakes are dissolved add half a cup of borax/Napisan and half a cup of washing soda. The mixture will foam up as the washing soda and the borax/Napisan dissolve. Place the mixture in a 10 litre bucket and fill with water. Stir well. Keep stirring the liquid every 1/2 hour or so until the mixture is cool. The liquid will thicken as it cools. You can leave the liquid in the bucket if it has a lid or pour into containers. The mixture may look a little lumpy don't worry all the lumps dissolve during the wash and never leave any residue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Add 1/2 cup to each load of washing. I have made four 10 litre batches from the original ingredients and still have enough to make a few more batches - very economical at about $2 for 10 litres of detergent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A week of cold, windy and wet weather has had us worried about the new lambs in the paddock. On Friday night Jessica found a frozen lamb in the paddock. She had gone out after dark to check on the lambs and found this little one frozen.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet Harriet nice and warm after a hot bath and a feed</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The next morning Jessica went to see if she could Harriet back to her mother. That was unsuccessful but she found another lamb in trouble with sore eyes and crow pecks on her head. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Meet Amber.</span><br />
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Oliver doing a great job feeding Amber<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> We usually end up with a couple of poddy lambs each year. I just can't leave a sick or frozen lamb in the cold to die a misserable death. You can tell if a lamb is hypothermic by feeling inside their month. If, the mouth is very cold the lamb is hypothermic and needs urgent attention. We placed Harriet in a very warm bath until her mouth became warm then dried her put a coat on and placed her near the fire. We feed the poddy lambs on full cream powdered milk and they thrive on it. </span>Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-68295703734342959822012-06-14T20:49:00.000-07:002012-07-01T16:42:50.398-07:00Day at the farm<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful winter Saturday we took the boys for a walk in the paddocks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skye, Baby Harry very interested in a ewe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to give my lamb a drink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are some really nice looking lambs in the 2012 crop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oliver helping to collect wood with Lily watching carefully</td></tr>
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Job done trailer full of wood</div>Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-62496699698197320152012-06-05T16:42:00.000-07:002012-06-05T16:42:08.188-07:00Protecting the lambs<br />
I have discussed this topic before but Jessica took this photo yesterday so I though I would recap. <br />
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We have a serious fox problem in our area. Lamb losses in some years have been too high. There are several methods to try and protect new born lambs. <br />
Shoot the foxes to reduce numbers Some of our friends visit at dusk with their rifles. I think about six foxes have been removed this way. Not really effective.<br />
Place out poison bates. I don't like this method as my sister inlaw lost good sheep dogs to fox bates.<br />
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We have a specific lambing paddock which has been electrified with 4 hot strands of wire. I have managed not to touch the wires yet.<br />
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Use flock guards. Here is Peter the Alpaca lamb sitting while the ewes are eating hay from the feeder.<br />
<br />Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-76557425995355269632012-05-17T20:31:00.000-07:002012-05-17T21:11:16.991-07:00Assisted DeliveryAs Jessica and I left for work on Thursday morning we saw a pregnant ewe on her own away from the flock. I thought I could see something hanging out the back end of the ewe and it just didn't look right. Jess and I called Kim and headed back to the house. I fetched the surgical gloves grabbed a towel and ran to the paddock with Jess and Kim. <br />
The ewe was in trouble with the lambs heads hanging out of her vagina - not good. Lambs are meant to come out feet tucked under their head first. <br />
We managed to corner the ewe and Kim crash tackled her I don't how he hung on but he did. I was watching closely and thought I saw the lamb breath. <br />
Jess did her expert assisted delivery job and the lamb was born quickly. <br />
The ewe was not impressed with the midwifery skills and took off as soon as we let her up. Another 45 minutes around the paddock to reunite mother and lamb.<br />
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Kim kept a close eye on the ewe and lamb throughout the morning and found the ewe had given birth to another lamb. If, we had not intervened both lambs would have died so good job Kim and Jessica! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ewe with her Ewe and Ram lambs looking very healthy</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-22776531693016901332012-05-16T21:30:00.000-07:002012-05-17T21:12:22.161-07:00Mother's Day 2012<br />
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Mothers Day was wonderful. The kids and partners came over and spoilt me with lots of lovely presents. They cooked me a three course dinner of creamy garlic prawns, duck pasta and lemon meringue pie for dessert! We really relaxed and enjoyed the evening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Alison and Kate had a great time flying a kite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was pretty windy and Aison was having trouble as the kite soared higher and higher. Kate was giving advise on how to reel in the kite. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After that fun I got to have some fun of my own. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Kim's amazing present! A NEW IPAD!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geoff and Tara gave me an awesome ipad stand. Great for the kitchen bench I will never need to print off another recipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica gave me a new stick blender - I love my kitchen gadgets and needed a new one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony, Alison and Kate gave me the much needed cover for the iPad with an iTunes voucher.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jess and Kylee brought me these beautiful flowers and a bottle of champagne. So very thoughtful and I am not even their mother!<br />
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What a wonderful Mother's Day! I hope everyone had a brilliant Mother's Day too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the fire going 24/7 Kim has to get more fire wood from the property. We have lots of fire wood from dead trees and have never had to cut down a live tree.</span></td></tr>
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</div>Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-63048721734427324912012-05-07T20:20:00.000-07:002012-05-07T20:20:50.660-07:00Sunday Dinner<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twice a month we host family dinner at Claremont all the kids, wives, partners Cameron, Skye, Oliver and Harry come along to share a good meal. Sometimes they bring friends as well so usually there is about 12 to 14 for dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love seeing my family all together and having a good time. The girls usually do most of the cooking and Kate with the guys usually wash up</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Sunday we celebrated Cameron's 31st birthday which was on the 8th May 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cameron requested Indian Roast Pork Belly. I have made it before and the meal was a big hit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also made Harissa Split Chicken recommended by daughter Alison and Fried Pumpkin Gnocchi </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thie recipe was soo good <a href="http://steamykitchen.com/6515-pan-fried-pumpkin-gnocchi-browned-butter-sage.html">http://steamykitchen.com/6515-pan-fried-pumpkin-gnocchi-browned-butter-sage.html</a></td></tr>
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Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-62439212064444629522012-05-01T16:40:00.002-07:002012-05-01T16:41:52.781-07:00Lambs are arrivingThe first of this year’s crop of lambs started arriving on Sunday. A beautiful Type 5 ewe gave birth to twin ram lambs. Another ewe gave birth to a ewe lamb on Monday. <br />
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All the pregnant ewes are in the paddock that has an electric fence around the perimeter to deter the foxes. A shooter friend shot a fox in another paddock last week and we saw two foxes frolicking around the dam in the same paddock. So the foxes are out there in numbers. <br />
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We have often counted many sets of twins when they were first born but by the time you get the lambs in the yards to mark them the number of twins is halved. If, you can protect the lambs until they are a couple of weeks old the survival rate of twins is much higher. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember these, I have made lots of them and everyone loves the bags. They have 4 good sized pockets 2 on the inside and 2 on the outside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Eileen, Sarah and I are going to make some to sell at the Murrumbateman Fields Days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may seem like a lot of steps but the bag takes about 1.5 hours to make and all straight sewing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to give Fabric.com a plug here. The are a fantastic company with the cheapest prices and very reliable. Go to </span><a href="http://www.fabric.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.fabric.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and then home decor for the fabrics used in all bags shown here. The fabric delivered to Australia is usually around $10 a 37" yard and they have a really good range.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use a chop stick to push the corners out</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>Liahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657009842675748131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886361118161256756.post-35697008152055075282012-04-16T16:35:00.000-07:002012-07-01T16:44:10.373-07:00Making SoapI have wanted to make soap for years but always worried that the process would be too difficult and ingredients hard to find. My dear sheep friend Eileen hooked me up with this site <a href="http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com.au/">http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com.au/</a>. It is a really interesting site that I love. I did not know at the time, but my daughter Alison also likes Ronda's site and got the idea to make home made Christmas presents from Rhonda. Alison wants to make soap as part of homemade Christmas. I checked out Rhonda's soap making tutorial and asked Alison if she wanted to help. <a href="http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/how-to-make-cold-processed-soap-v-2.html">http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/how-to-make-cold-processed-soap-v-2.html</a>. We had a good time and the soap tutotrial was easy to follow also ingredients were easy to find. That was six weeks ago and we are know using our first homemade soap. The soap lathers up well and leaves your skin moisturised.<br />
Eileen has also used Rhonda's recipe to make the soap and replaced the Copha/Coconut oil with rendered lamb fat. I used a cake of that soap and it was also excellent. I am going to try that as well<br />
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This brand of Caustic Soda is sold at Woolworths and Bunnings. Caustic Soda is a product that needs to be handled with care. Please follow the safety instructions carefully.<br />
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Resonably priced silicon molds can ber found here <br />
<a href="http://stores.ebay.com.au/Walden-Accessories?_trksid=p4340.l2563">http://stores.ebay.com.au/Walden-Accessories?_trksid=p4340.l2563</a><br />
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Here is the batch I made on the weekend <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The darker soaps were sented with Vanilla essential oil which was brown in colour and added a more creamy colour to the soap.</td></tr>
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This time I decided to try making lamb sausages and see how they turned out. The whole process of boneing the meat then mincing and finally making the sausages took a while. The sausages were so good and made use of cuts of meat that most people would disgard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the breast flaps and scraps. Some people would disgard these cuts or give them to the dogs. I stripped off all the meat and fat and then gave the bones to the dogs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What was 5 kilos of scrap meat turned into 4 kilos of meat for mincing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished product. I cooked some sausages straight away and they were delicious</td></tr>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Ingredients:</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"></span>3 kilos minced lamb. Butchers recommend at least 30% fat to get a nice sausage. I minced most of the fat from the cuts of meat.<br />
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil<br />
1 finely mince onion<br />
4 large cloves garlic, finely minced<br />
4 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika (Pimenton)<br />
2 teaspoon white pepper<br />
3 teaspoon ground cumin<br />
2 teaspoon chilli powder (opt)<br />
2 tablespoon kosher salt<br />
2 teaspoon sugar<br />
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1) Warm oil in a medium frying pan. When oil shimmers, saute onions and garlic over medium heat until translucent , about 4 minutes. Add all spices and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool completely.<br />
2) Combine onions mixture bowl. Cover and chill from 2 to 24 hours. Form into patties or logs. In my case I bought sausage casings from the butcher and then used the sausage attachment on the mincer. Sausage may be refrigerated for up to a week. It may also be frozen. <br />
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This is a really tasty lamb mince recipe that my family loved.<br />
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Green Tomato Pickle (adapted from an old School Cookbook - I have added my changes to the recipe in brackets)<br />
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6 lbs green tomatoes (approx 2.7 kgs)<br />
1 tablespoon mustard<br />
1 tablespoon curry powder<br />
3/4 lb of treacle (I used 500g of brown sugar)<br />
3 pints vinegar ( 1of a bottle of Ezy Sauce instead)<br />
1 teaspoon cayenne (I used black pepper)<br />
3 lbs onions (approx 1.3 kgs)<br />
2 apples <br />
2 tablespoons plain flour<br />
2 tablespoons salt <br />
1 teaspoon spice (I used Allspice, also added 2 tsp tumeric)<br />
1 dozen cloves<br />
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I made a double batch because there were so many tomatoes. In the second batch I added 10 birdseye chillies to give the pickle a bit of zing.<br />
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The show society have provided a window of time to unload sheep and get then settled and that is between 8 and 10 pm on Saturday night April 7th. We will be heading for Sydney on Saturday at about 3:30 pm hopefully unload the sheep and have them settled by 9 pm then head for our accommodation.<br />
There is a lot to do before we can head off to the show. Saturday the sheep have to be washed and dried and as there are six of them so the hairdressing will take a fair chunk of the day. Then there is all the packing, loading the sheep and ourselves to organise. It is going to be a big day so wish us luck.<br />
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Here are some pictures of the girls we are taking to the show<br />
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