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It’s honey biscuit time!
10th December, 2021: It’s December, and we're tying on our aprons, opening the recipe book, and putting on some carols. We are weighing out honey, flour, sugar, eggs. The Christmas cutters are dug out from the drawer (including the Christmas crocodileJ). We’re mixing,...
The Development Application has been approved!
25th August 2021: Great news! We are so excited to be able to share that we have received Barossa Council Development Approval for the cottage!!! This means that we can now go ahead with the actual conservation stage of the project. A little daunting, when we think of...
The Cottage gets a spring clean
20th September 2021: Spring has sprung - and you know what that means... .Yes, it's spring cleaning time! And the cottage has received a spring clean too, in readiness for the conservation work. We love all the old dusty and rusty bits and pieces that have been left...
What is pug?
What is 'pug'? Rechner Cottage is often called 'Pug Cottage', but where does the term come from? 'Pugging' is a construction technique, used to create walls. It is a variation of wattle and daub construction, a method which has been around for over 6000 years....
Rechner Cottage, and German Fachwerk.
Rechner Cottage is a rare Australian example of German fachwerk. But just what is fachwerk? Fachwerk is a method of building construction that has been used around the world for thousands of years. It consists of a wooden frame which is built of load-bearing timbers,...
Family Tour of the Migration Museum
October 12th 2021: Our recent tour of the migration museum was a great day out! Naturally we all had to admire the GJ Rechner paving stone in Settlement Square. It was also fascinating hearing stories of the various immigrants to South Australia, who have brought so...