Life in the Foggy Hills

07/05/2023

Childhood fruit sold for $42.74 on Bunnings...

05/05/2023

Using Egg Shell as Plant Fertilizer

Egg shell fertilizer is made from crushed eggshells, which are high in calcium carbonate, a crucial mineral for strengthening plants’ cell walls. The shells also contain other minerals that help plants grow, including potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Eggshells are, therefore, an effective and inexpensive fertilizer for outdoor garden soil and houseplants.

4 Benefits of Eggshell Fertilizer

Eggshells can benefit plants in the following ways:

1. Eggshells lower soil acidity. Many types of plants prefer low acidity in the soil to absorb nutrients and ward off toxic elements like aluminum. The calcium carbonate in eggshells lowers soil pH levels, making the soil more alkaline than acidic.

2. Eggshells discourage blossom-end rot. Certain plants, like tomato plants, will develop black spots on the ends of their fruit due to calcium deficiency. Adding calcium from eggshell fertilizer can help fruiting plants thrive and avoid blossom-end rot.

3. Eggshells control pests. The lingering smell of eggs inside the shell wards off deer, while the sharp edges of dry, crushed shells are hazardous for the soft bodies of snails and slugs.

4. Eggshells encourage root growth. The calcium carbonate in eggshells helps to strengthen a plant’s roots so it can grow faster and stronger. Simply crush clean, dry eggshells into a fine powder. Add the powdered eggshells to boiling water, then cover and store the mixture for one week, uncovering it only once daily to stir it. After seven days, pour the mixture directly into the soil above the plant’s roots.

Does Eggshell Fertilizer Work for All Plants?

Eggshell fertilizer will benefit many plants, although not all plants. Eggshell fertilizer can help fruit-bearing species and vegetables, such as apples, strawberries, lettuce, cucumbers, and eggplants. It will also boost certain flowers (perennials and annuals), such as roses and chrysanthemums. Eggshell fertilizer is good for succulents, but it lacks nitrogen, which some succulents might require. On the other hand, the extra calcium in eggshell fertilizer will harm to certain outdoor and indoor plants. It can cause disease in geraniums, violets, azaleas, and other acid-loving plants. Avoid using eggshell fertilizer on cabbage, beans, and spinach.

3 Ways to Make Eggshell Fertilizer

You can make eggshell fertilizer using a few different methods.

1. Crush the eggshells. Wash and rinse eggshells and let them dry. Crush the eggshells into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle, rolling pin, or food processor. Be sure to wear a mask while crushing the shells to avoid breathing in any eggshell dust. Stir the eggshell powder into your flower bed, indoor plant’s potting mix, or vegetable garden’s soil.

2. Grind the eggshells. In the absence of a food processor or manual tools, you can use a coffee grinder to turn eggshells into powder. Add the ground eggshells to your compost bin to make mulch or pour them directly into your planting holes. Many master gardeners add coffee grounds, which are rich in nitrogen and potassium, to eggshell fertilizer for even more of a nutrient boost.

3. Steep the eggshells. You can use eggshells to make a fertilizer tea that will add liquid calcium to your garden. Boil a gallon of water and add ten to twenty clean, dry eggshells. Let the shells sit in the water overnight, then strain them out. Pour two cups of liquid onto each plant. Repeat the eggshell tea process every two weeks.

Reference - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/egg-shell-fertilizer-guide

05/05/2023

Successfully hatched chicks from incubator and moved to a temporary box.

05/05/2023

King parrots visited our former place...

16/10/2022

Digital Piano recording - As Water to the Thirsty
Recorded on Focusrite 4i4, Kawai MP7 Stage Piano

10/08/2022

Superb lyrebird nest and baby lyrebird on our property. Hoping this little bird will grow well to adulthood someday...

10/08/2022

Garlic plants growing slowly throughout the winter season...

01/04/2022

https://youtu.be/QqhPn7LRtck

Garden harvest in autumn showing what veggies we can grow here in the snowy area of New South Wales

13/03/2022

Bountiful garden harvest. Praise be to God.

08/03/2022

Manually shucking corn by hand after harvest from the garden...

19/02/2022

Every leaf and flower with their varied tints, perfuming the air, teach them that God is love. All that is good and lovely and beautiful in this world speaks to them of the love of our heavenly Father. The character of God they may discern in His created works.2 Child Guidance 54.1

08/12/2021

https://cultivateconference.com.au/Blog/Cultivate-Podcast/Ep-7-A-Peaceful-Habitiation-with-Darrel-Dinero.html

Darrel found himself walking around the house one day and all of a sudden his mind went to the topic of future events. This led him and his wife on a study through the Bible and other helpful resources to find out how they could be best prepared. Country living was a main thing God led the Dinero fa...

06/11/2021

We say again, “Out of the cities.” Do not consider it a great deprivation that you must go into the hills and mountains, but seek for that retirement where you can be alone with God, to learn His will and way.... LDE 97.1

30/08/2021

Over 3 years ago, God gave us this verse as we look for a country place around Canberra area. Whilst reading the Bible and praying to God for a verse that would inspire us on our search for a country property, this was the verse that God had led me to read.

Isaiah 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

On that week we offered for a country property in a place called Anembo. We never knew this place before but somehow an ad came through in my email and advertised for a country place in that town. We checked the place, loved it for its potentials despite it was a rubbish land of rotting pine stumps. We then offered a price and our offer got accepted and now we just need to do all the paper works to complete the buying process of the land.

On the Sabbath of that week, one of our friends visited Queanbeyan church and for some reason managed to ask us about our search for a country property and told her that we got the place somewhere in Anembo. She was so happy and surprised to find out as she also owns a property in that same place. To me it seems like God's providence to confirm His plan for us. And that's not all. After the church service, I was heading towards the car to get something when a still small voice directly talking to my brain with a definite command, "Google the meaning of Anembo". So I did, and had goose bumps when I found out its meaning directly relates to the verse that God has revealed.

Anembo is an Aboriginal word meaning 'quiet place' and peace and tranquillity is what this place provides.

This is a definite confirmation that God wants us to move to that place for a very special purpose. May His name be glorified forever.

There will be a longer version of this testimony and by God's will, will be published soon.

Thanks for reading and God bless.

21/08/2020

In itself the beauty of nature leads the soul away from sin and worldly attractions, and toward purity, peace, and God. Too often the minds of students are occupied with men's theories and speculations, falsely called science and philosophy. They need to be brought into close contact with nature. Let them learn that creation and Christianity have one God. Let them be taught to see the harmony of the natural with the spiritual. Let everything which their eyes see or their hands handle be made a lesson in character building. Thus the mental powers will be strengthened, the character developed, the whole life ennobled. Christ's Object Lessons 24.2

21/08/2020

It was not God's purpose that people should be crowded into cities, huddled together in terraces and tenements. In the beginning He placed our first parents amidst the beautiful sights and sounds He desires us to rejoice in today. The more nearly we come into harmony with God's original plan, the more favorable will be our position to secure health of body, and mind, and soul.—The Ministry of Healing, 363-365 (1905)

Before the overflowing scourge shall come upon the dwellers of the earth, the Lord calls upon all who are Israelites indeed to prepare for that event. To parents He sends the warning cry, Gather your children into your own houses; gather them away from those who are disregarding the commandments of God, who are teaching and practicing evil. Get out of the large cities as fast as possible. Establish church schools. Give your children the Word of God as the foundation of all their education.—Testimonies for the Church 6:195. CL 12.3

I am instructed by the Lord to warn our people not to flock to the cities to find homes for their families. To fathers and to mothers I am instructed to say, Fail not to keep your children within your own premises.—Manuscript 81, 1900.

20/06/2020

Life of Moses in the wilderness after he fled from Egypt

Shut in by the bulwarks of the mountains, Moses was alone with God. The magnificent temples of Egypt no longer impressed his mind with their superstition and falsehood. In the solemn grandeur of the everlasting hills he beheld the majesty of the Most High, and in contrast realized how powerless and insignificant were the gods of Egypt. Everywhere the Creator's name was written. Moses seemed to stand in His presence and to be over-shadowed by His power. Here his pride and self-sufficiency were swept away. In the stern simplicity of his wilderness life, the results of the ease and luxury of Egypt disappeared. Moses became patient, reverent, and humble, "very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth" (Numbers 12:3), yet strong in faith in the mighty God of Jacob.

As the years rolled on, and he wandered with his flocks in solitary places, pondering upon the oppressed condition of his people, he recounted the dealings of God with his fathers and the promises that were the heritage of the chosen nation, and his prayers for Israel ascended by day and by night. Heavenly angels shed their light around him. Here, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, he wrote the book of Genesis. The long years spent amid the desert solitudes were rich in blessing, not alone to Moses and his people, but to the world in all succeeding ages. PP 248.3 - PP 251.1

18/06/2020

Rich Blessings in a Natural Environment

We say again, “Out of the cities.” Do not consider it a great deprivation that you must go into the hills and mountains, but seek for that retirement where you can be alone with God, to learn His will and way....

I urge our people to make it their lifework to seek for spirituality. Christ is at the door. This is why I say to our people, “Do not consider it a privation when you are called to leave the cities and move out into the country places. Here there await rich blessings for those who will grasp them. By beholding the scenes of nature, the works of the Creator, by studying God's handiwork, imperceptibly you will be changed into the same image.”—Selected Messages 2:355, 356 (1908).

12/06/2020