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May 12, 2018

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girl holding freshly harvested peas on an off grid homestead
“I am very good at hide and seek and so are peas, that’s why I’m so good at finding them”

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About Kate Downham

Kate Downham has been growing, preserving, and cooking real food since 2007. She is the author of four books on homestead skills: A Year in an Off-Grid Kitchen, Natural Small Batch Cheesemaking, Backyard Dairy Goats, and Sourdough Without Fail.

Off-grid with her family of nine in the Tasmanian forest, Kate milks her own goats, makes all their cheese, mills all her own grain, and bakes fresh sourdough bread daily.

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One response to “Peas”
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    Keirra Mushett
    Jan 5, 2019

    How magical.

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