urban farm life

hello lovelies!

how are you this fine day? enjoying the sunshiney goodness i hope! since it's too hot to be outside doing yard work, i thought i would take this opportunity to share with you about our urban farm life, which looks a lil something like this:

pepper + georgie - 2 wks + 10 wks old

as you all know now, tommy + i live in a laundry. we live in the suburbs of sydney + the garden is more like a miniature farm! how can this be? well, the first thing that grabs your attention to indicate the farminess of the yard is that we have 3 ducks! there is gloria who is 3 years old, and pepper + georgie who are a 3 months old. they have a pond {kiddie pool} and a hutch to keep them safe at night. we also have 3 cats. lilly who is 13 years old and who belongs to tom's parents {max + becky}, and bumble + moose who are 3 years old. {their names are inspired by transformers - bumble bee + optimoose prime}. we did have a couple of chickens but their was a hungry fox who ran off with their heads + left a feathery mess! we will be getting more chickens but first we need to make a better chicken run + hutch.

bumble + moose

the last few weeks tommy + i have been getting into the garden, and i mean BIG TIME. we've spent a few afternoons working really hard pulling out all the weeds + vines that were taking over the back quarter of the yard! it looked a lil something like this:

forest before

and then once we were done with it, it looked more like this:

forest after!

there's still plenty to do! we have HUGE piles of weeds + branches that need to be removed - fortnightly each green waste bin night. there's more trees to chop down + a veggie garden to plant + the chicken coop + run  to make! we do have some veggies + herbs + fruit in the garden. there's a lemon + cumquat tree, strawberries, mint, rocket, edible flowers, basil, thyme, and more. BUT the veggie garden will have EVERYTHING you can think of. we'll have cucumbers, potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes, zucchini, broccoli, beans... ALL the things!

cumquats

i'm really excited to be able to watch them all grow + to learn how to look after the garden + to of course eat the delish crops! do you have your own veggie patch? do you have chickens or ducks? any tips to share? that would be lovely : )

stay tuned, for the day in the life of an urban farmer!

love love
{lizzie}
 xoxo

{2014 resolutions!!!}

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hello lovely friendlikins!

HELLO TWO THOUSAND + FOURTEEN!
how are you feeling about the new year? good vibes or a tad stinky? have you been having lots of wonderful summer adventures, lovelies? what are your goals + plans + dreams + adventures for this year? are you continuing on from last year or have you made a change in the direction your'e taking?

i'm feeling really good about 2014, i think it will be a wonderful year of change + growth + adventures + mystery + am looking forward to doing life with my hubby {tom}, kitties {bumble + moose}, my friends + family + with you lovelies too! i'm excited for tommy to be touring australia + going overseas with thief this year {although i've already had a cry - i'm going to miss him!} i'm keen beans to be blogging more, working on my consistency + content + general bloggy goodness - so watch this space! i'm keen to get back in the studio, churning out some bunting + other handmade goodies for my etsy store {milk + sugar story}. i'm already enjoying weekly fun times with the 3 munchkins i'm nannying for + all 5 nephews + neices!

what are you looking forward to? anything that your'e counting down the days til?! i think it's important to have plans + goals + things to look forward to. it really helps to give you direction + not spend all day thinking... umm... what now? if you've been following along, you may know that last year i had quite an ambitious list of goals that i wanted to achieve! 52 things before 25, was a list that i still want to achieve but will be on the back burner + not being my top priority, as there was just so much, that it was quite overwhelming. i think it will take another year or so to cross everything off my list - but a huge contributing factor to my lack of finishing my goals, was having a lack of money. so one of my goals for this year is to be working more + saving.

my resolutions for 2014 are continuing on from last year, as i think they are important + need continued maintenance. my resolutions include, working on my health, relationships + getting things done. my goals in a nutshell are:

{health}: i'm working on eating more veggies + going on more bike rides!

{relationships}: writing letters to friends + making time to spend with friends + jesus in prayer + his word!

{getting things done}: basically i need better time management so i can achieve more things towards my biz, blog, and life in general!

since the end of last year i've been working on a new planner system to get me organised for the new year. i'm still making changes + seeing what works, so i can be ticking the boxes rather than being consumed by my list of goals! at the moment i'm using a planner i bought for my hsc year, which is a personal sized planner + which i've been using as a wallet to help with the change over. i am however, still using my kikki k A5 planner, but am tweaking it to my needs for this year. i also have a household planner, that will help me organise all my house wife duties, like cleaning + meal plans + what not.

later on, i'll share with you my system, when it's looking pretty + helping me get things done! do you use a planner? perhaps a filofax? mmm... so good. what are your resolutions for 2014? remember it's never too late to think about how you want to spend your life! what do you want to achieve this year? i want to be living + loving intentionally! will you join me? i'd love to hear, share below in the comments!

love love
 {lizzie}
  xoxo