Fat Pig Farm

Sadie: "What a lovely bunch of carrots! ' Nadia:' If we have some left over after the feast today we could sell them at the Willie Smith Market." Sadie: "Splendid idea, we'll bunch some up." G'day folks. Willie Smith is putting on an extra fab market this Saturday at the Apple Shed. We will be there with the Huon Producers Network. Come down and say hello and then head on down to Le Weekend in Cygnet

Weather. It means everything to us. More so at this point in time, when the weather has been kind to us, blowing gently from the east as I write, with rain, heavy rain, forecast.

The threat to humans and our habitat in the Huon from bushfires is low and retreating by the day, even as our national heritage burns in the wilds of the south west. We are grateful that what we, and the people we share our gorgeous valley with, have emerged a little worn but generally unscathed. Healing begins, but blue skies, gentle breezes and low fire risk mean we can draw breath, deep, deep breath, especially when the smoke has almost vanished from our little corner of the state.

Others are still unsettled, unnerved, some unhoused. We think of them as we start to live life again as normal. Thank you to those around the country, around the world, for all your good wishes, and kind words. We’ll have more to say about what such a fire means, and what it brought home to us, in a later post. But for now we’re just glad to get back to normal, to the humble arts of growing and cooking food in a pretty damn special part of the world.