About Me

I'm a Mum on a journey. My journey started 10 years ago with the birth of my beautiful daughter, who we were to learn over the years has many difficulties. We moved back to Australia and family nearly 3 years ago after coming to the realisation that education and work prospects for our lovely girl were not suitable in the international ex-pat setting.

Since our return to Australia we have started getting answers, we still have too many questions, but are working our way towards their answers. This has involved much reading, endless waitlist for doctors (longest one has been 3 years.... but that's another story), talking to other parents and turning to the internet for ideas and inspiration.

Why "Pickled Mamma"? As a child I grew up on a farm in country New South Wales, we grew our own vegetables, had chickens, bought meat that was raised and slaughtered locally. Every summer my sisters and I would become our mother's 'slaves' as we "laid down" the extra produce - freezing, bottling, and preserving jams, chutneys and sauces. My recent health issues and those of my daughters have led me back to these roots - in an attempt to remove or control the use of preservatives and refined sugars in our diet.

This blog is a way for me to organise my thoughts, chronicle my journey and share my problems and solutions. I know I'm not alone in my journey - if I can help others then that's fantastic too.