Lunch!

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This is how I cooked my lunch today; an egg from our chooks, kale from our garden, and Oak and Swan sourdough, in the oven! The bread toasts beautifully, even better I must say, than the old slow combustion stove top … Continued

Diving Arm Mixer

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A few weeks ago, we bought two old diving arm mixers. They’ve had plenty of use in their day and are in need of a clean and some TLC, but are great old mixers, and I’m really looking forward to using … Continued

Deliveries!

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Well, we delivered some bread today, our first deliveries! It was an exciting morning, off to Grow Lightly first, then on to UpBeet Café in Wonthaggi, and then for a bit of a wet walk on the beach at Inverloch … Continued

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We have just lit the fire in the oven again, ready for tomorrow’s bake, loading it with pine branches and hardwood. It’s good exercise loading the wood in! Not to mention splitting it! The oven has retained plenty of heat, and we … Continued

Baking!

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Well, the first bake went very well. An early start mixing the doughs, several turns through the morning, a rest in bannetons during the early afternoon, and some lovely sourdough by mid afternoon! A very fulfilling day. Also, our bread will … Continued

Firing!

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We have an awesome fire burning in our oven at the moment;  hot, slow, and lots of coal, heating the masonry through, ready for our first ‘big’ bake tomorrow. The oven is three quarters full of unburnt timber with a line of fire … Continued

A Beautiful Day

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A beautiful day here on the hill at Mardan, where Oak and Swan Sourdough is located. We have scrubbed some trolleys, filled storage containers with dried fruit, seeds, and nuts, milled some grain, stacked wood, and hoed some thistles out … Continued