Chick update
The chicks are now out and about with their two mummies. Bobblehead (black silkie) and Maeve (white silkie) sat on the eggs together, hatched the eggs together and are now […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Devilled Kidneys
I have been having a few days away to finish writing a book that I have been working on intermittently for years – actually more than a decade. It is […]
Picking up Chicks
Who wouldn’t want to pick up chicks? The best thing about the Easter chicks is that so many people could enjoy holding them. Jude is right when he says they […]
Lamb Stew
When Jeff and Kerry came at Easter we roasted a shoulder of lamb from last year’s sheep. It was meant to be marinated for hours and then slow roasted for […]
Pink Piglet Update
A week after we got our British Lop piglets we let them out of their temporary run. They now have much more space to explore and root about in. We […]
Apples
My grandparents planted quite a few fruit trees in their garden. There was a fabulous pear tree in the front garden and in their allotment (now our fruit garden) there […]
Dangerous Dogs
Our chickens completely free range – that is they are free to go where ever they like – they could even, if they so chose, hop on a bus and […]
Easter Eggs
On Sunday we held our annual campsite Easter egg hunt. Jude and I hide eggs around the site while Kerry takes everyone to collect ‘normal’ eggs and then reads out […]
Making Halloumi
My friend George introduced me to the joy of simple cheese-making via mozzarella. He had told me for some time how easy it was, but I didn’t quite believe him. […]
Smoothies and strawberries
We often have smoothies for breakfast. The base for our smoothies is two frozen bananas, orange juice and some fruit from the garden. James’ favourite is strawberry smoothie so consequently […]
