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Life At Wattle Tree Hill Tingoora in local indigenous language is Wattle Tree. Please join us on our journey of transformation

What’s cooking in the Wattle Tree Hill today?Taking advantage of ‘free’ energy! 🥦 Homegrown broccoli and spinach soup ...
18/07/2025

What’s cooking in the Wattle Tree Hill today?

Taking advantage of ‘free’ energy!

🥦 Homegrown broccoli and spinach soup with added organic ginger (gifted) and lactose free sour cream.

🧁 Packet mix GF DF Golden Butter Cake.

Looks like I’m starting to work out the cooking process. 👏



I clipped all the mesh to both the top and bottom strainer wires with our new you beaut hog clip pliers. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻It was a ...
16/07/2025

I clipped all the mesh to both the top and bottom strainer wires with our new you beaut hog clip pliers. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

It was a multi-day job that required many rests and contributed to sore fingers and a couple of blisters.

It is apparent I can not sing and count at the same time, let alone groove to the music as I worked. 😜

What’s happening in the Wattle Tree Hill kitchen today?We were gifted a lovely sugarloaf cabbage from the garden, comple...
15/07/2025

What’s happening in the Wattle Tree Hill kitchen today?

We were gifted a lovely sugarloaf cabbage from the garden, complete with a bit of 🐛 💩 😀

And some super big radish from Rebecca and Andy…..

So a ferment it is.

🥬 Cabbage
🥕 Carrot
🍃 Radish
🌶️Jalapeño
🌱Fresh dill from the garden
🧂Salt
❤️And love!



What’s happening on the hill today?🍯 Honey fermented ginger and lemon.We swapped some goomborian gold honey for agistmen...
09/07/2025

What’s happening on the hill today?

🍯 Honey fermented ginger and lemon.

We swapped some goomborian gold honey for agistment of bees on our property and we scored some super fresh, tender locally grown ginger today from my gym buddy Joy.

These small jars will sit on the kitchen bench for the next three weeks being burped daily and then refrigerated.

🤒 It’s a great flu tonic
🫖 Can be used in a cuppa
🥬 Or added to Asian dishes

Lemons and peeled ginger sliced thinly, layered and topped with the best tasting honey I’ve ever had! 🍋 🫚 🍯



Another batch of w**d tea made this morning. 3/4 of a bucket of grass and w**ds from the food forest topped off with a h...
09/07/2025

Another batch of w**d tea made this morning.

3/4 of a bucket of grass and w**ds from the food forest topped off with a handful of comfrey leaves, a sprinkle of mineral rock dust, a small fistful
of seaw**d meal and a dribble of molasses.

Stir daily for a few weeks and then let sit and ferment for another couple of months.

Dilute 1:10 with water and use as a soil conditioner.


We have harvested 23kg of broccoli so far! 😳
08/07/2025

We have harvested 23kg of broccoli so far! 😳


What’s cooking in the Wattle Tree Kitchen?Homegrown lamb roast in the oven and roasted veg on the top. 🎃 Homegrown pumpk...
03/07/2025

What’s cooking in the Wattle Tree Kitchen?

Homegrown lamb roast in the oven and roasted veg on the top.

🎃 Homegrown pumpkin
🥔 Homegrown sweet potato (orange and purple)
🍋‍🟩Homegrown capsicum and choko (by Leanne)
🍆 Homegrown trombonchino zucchini (by Miranda)
🥕 Store-bought carrot


WHAT’S COOKING AT WATTLE TREE HILL TODAY?Herbed Beef Liver PateYou heard right. I don’t eat offal at all, just the smell...
02/07/2025

WHAT’S COOKING AT WATTLE TREE HILL TODAY?

Herbed Beef Liver Pate

You heard right.

I don’t eat offal at all, just the smell of it makes me nauseous but I’m low in iron and this recipe sounded easy and herby which i was hoping would mask the strong flavour of the liver.

And it did.

It’s delicious. 😋

The recipe made four small ramekins and two larger ones.

I’ll keep one in the fridge and freeze the others.

Recipe in comments ⬇️

Note: I used leaks instead of green onions and ghee instead of butter.

EDIT:We had 17mm of rain overnight and my shelving unit collapsed in the black mud. Most plants were thrown out of their...
29/06/2025

EDIT:
We had 17mm of rain overnight and my shelving unit collapsed in the black mud. Most plants were thrown out of their pots; what a mess to clean up! 😢

I bought some plants online.

We definitely need some sort of wind break mostly from the south east winds.

I decided (whether it’s correct or not 🤷‍♀️) to buy 30 vetiver grass slips and 16 tiger grass starts.

I’ll plant the 16 tiger grass starts inside the house yard fence on the south side and the vetiver grass outside the house yard fence on the south east corner.

Tiger grass grows to 3m within the first year. It is similar to bamboo but not invasive. I’ve grown it before and love the look.

Vetiver grass is very fast growing, descending to a depth of 2 – 5 meters within the first year.
Extremely tolerant to climatic variation.
Drought & flood resistant.
Non invasive, sterile seeds.
Resistant to pests, diseases, fire & heavy grazing.
Self-sufficient & nutritious stock feed.
Highly beneficial to soil & land regeneration.
Highly effective at controlling acidic soils & balancing pH levels.
Land erosion prevention & control.
Cost-effective, self regenerating.
Beneficial for maintaining structure & cleanliness of waterways.
Highly efficient in absorbing dissolved nutrients & heavy metals in contaminated soil & water.



What’s Cooking in the Wattle Tree Hill Kitchen today? Brocolli Spinach Soup 🍲 I couldn’t find the recipe I used last tim...
26/06/2025

What’s Cooking in the Wattle Tree Hill Kitchen today?

Brocolli Spinach Soup 🍲

I couldn’t find the recipe I used last time that was absolutely delicious, so I had to find a new one.

I did vary this recipe (in comments) ⬇️ by adding more brocolli and spinach as we have it in abundance, adding homemade beef broth and a few small potatoes for my carb fix.

I sprinkled a few toasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds on top and will add a little grated parmesan.

I’m liking the flavour that the lemon juice and zest gives.

Let’s see what the boss thinks when he gets home.


This stunning South Burnett brocolli weighs a whopping 1.5kg and is bigger than my head! 🤩 This is our first time growin...
24/06/2025

This stunning South Burnett brocolli weighs a whopping 1.5kg and is bigger than my head! 🤩
This is our first time growing such a beauty as there were too many hungry bugs up north. 🐛
And, there are a few more where that one came from. 👏👏👏
I’ll have to find that recipe for brocolli and spinach soup I made last month; it was delicious even with an old store bought brocolli.


Ha ha ha. 😂😂😂After dehydrating, this big bunch of mixed green leaves turned into about an inch of green powder in the bo...
21/06/2025

Ha ha ha. 😂😂😂
After dehydrating, this big bunch of mixed green leaves turned into about an inch of green powder in the bottom of the NutriBullet.
Full of beneficial nutrients we will use it (sparingly 🤪) as a sprinkle on our meals.


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