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Monthly Archives: April 2014

Chick update

April 30, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

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 […]

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Animals

Devilled Kidneys

April 29, 2014by Claire 6 Comments

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 […]

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My other life, recipes

Picking up Chicks

April 28, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

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 […]

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Animals, Campsite

Lamb Stew

April 27, 2014by Claire 3 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, recipes

Pink Piglet Update

April 26, 2014by Claire 1 Comment

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 […]

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Animals

Apples

April 25, 2014by Claire 1 Comment

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 […]

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gardening, recipes

Dangerous Dogs

April 24, 2014by Claire 3 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, Dogs

Easter Eggs

April 23, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

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 […]

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Campsite

Making Halloumi

April 22, 2014by Claire 5 Comments

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. […]

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recipes

Smoothies and strawberries

April 21, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

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 […]

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gardening, recipes

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