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Michelle

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Writer of stories

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Michelle
@michelle.gent May 2, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC

Ash wins writing accolades

The journey that started as a serialised daily story, has come full-circle. The second book in my Ash series, Ash and the Faceless Man, the story of a small girl with a big attitude, has won The Peop…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Oct 4, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

Update on the mouse-proof raised bed.

I posted pictures in a comment yesterday and last night, it rained a little. This morning, it rained a lot and we've been out planting! Yesterday, after I posted the blog, We went out and finished th…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Oct 3, 2025, 11:31 AM UTC

Building a mouse proof raised bed

I hope! We have a lot of mice around our homestead, which is only to be expected. I will never put down poison because of the impact on anything that happens upon the poisoned creature - it will suff…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Oct 2, 2025, 3:57 PM UTC

The Long Walk

To the Lake! I thought that title looked familiar! The ducks we hatched earlier this year are coming along nicely. In the end, we got 4 Aylesbury ducks - 1 male, 3 female (The First Five) + 2 Runner…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Oct 1, 2025, 8:48 AM UTC

Start as you mean to go on

Today, the 1st of October 2025 marks the start of something big for me. I wrote a blog a few years ago, and that blog turned into a series and that series became a book. Ash and the Favour Man was st…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Sep 19, 2025, 2:47 PM UTC

Ash and my journey with her

The time goes so fast these days. It barely seems like I’ve only just gotten out of bed when I’m tired and yawning and what do you know? Another day has flown by. After finishing the latest book, Ash…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Sep 13, 2025, 3:26 PM UTC

Ash and the Candy Man part 6

I finished writing my latest novel and had a couple of days off. My brain didn't brain for a while in retaliation, but that's OK, I went out to 'veg' - literally! Out into the garden to harvest the p…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Sep 8, 2025, 2:05 PM UTC

Ash and the Candy Man part 5

We've had a LOT of rain in the past week or so. The grass is growing and the fields are starting to look like fields again, rather than a barren, inhospitable wasteland. The ducks enjoy the rain, the…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Sep 3, 2025, 8:30 AM UTC

Ash and the Candy Man part 4

This week, we've had a LOT of rain. It's still quite warm, but we've had all the rain we needed through the whole of the summer - believe me, if it had been spread out a bit, it would have been brill…

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Michelle
@michelle.gent Aug 25, 2025, 11:03 AM UTC

Ash and the Candy Man Part 3

We're finally 'Winter-ready' with regards to our heating requirements. We have a new woodstore and last year, we almost got to the point of completely filling it up - twice. We didn't manage to fill…

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