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Good morning my dear!Oh what a glorious one it is!I have been going thru a transition. Maybe it's the autumn going inwards, or processing the unsustainable habits and effects of 2020 or just 44 years going around the sun? Like all good work there has been toil and grace. It's even been exciting as I take  the time to truly explore what makes Chris tick and does not. How do I make room for me, Chris, woman and mother? For my rest and delight in a busy and robust world, work and family life? Why is this even a struggle and...

Yarra Valley Oils Hello legend!Let me share another sweet bit of magic that our dear Fill Good community conjures up for us all!You know how we all champion each other and are all shouting from the rooftops when we have another talent step up?Well hold on honeybunch, we have no less than our very own locally-sourced essential oil producer!Alison Hinshelwood and I met as school car park mammas. She loved Dr Planet and I loved her essential oil adventures. What a beautiful match, both of us passionate about reducing household chemicals for the health of our families and our great mother!  Alison's love of...

Hello there dear,How are you? I'm well. Going gently winding down to the ending of the school term, our farmers are coming to the end of their great harvests, the trees are starting to let their autumn colours emerge. Gosh, I wish I knew what our indigenous people knew of this time and our native plants. Our landscape, now a mixture of both. And while I love the colours of the northern hemisphere's trees here, there is also a yearning to find an understanding of both the indigenous and introduced plants and how they are co-existing. It may be a metaphoric guide...

Hello baby! Some Feel Good news.Now just give yourself a pat on the back, an air punch, happy dance or a high five with your mate. This picture my dear is last week's Fill Good waste. Yep, that's right. You saw that correctly.And yes there was cardboard and paper that we used to pack deliveries in for Fill Good and Dr Planet.  The rest of the cardboard we made a little weekly fire with. The kids love it, sometimes there are even our plastic-free marshmallows being toasted!This is what we, as a family of 5, used to throw away a week in plastic. This...

Hello you bundle of love!This time next week and it will be Valentines Day ❤️❤️❤️And who does Fill Good choose for their  Valentine's Love? We choose our Fresh Producers!I'm getting early this week, with Valentine's day, isn't it just so lovely to have something to plan and look forward to?Let me tell you a love story you are part of!One Saturday, weary yet full hearted from the weekend's markets, I received a call from Jordan from Everlasting Farm.We chatted about Jordan's dreams for Everlasting Farm and mine for Fill Good, and they both just came together to answer what your dreams too were made of too!...