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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Lamb Stock

May 31, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

I have been in London all day for work and also have a deadline for revisions to an article today so this will just be a quick post. But definitely […]

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Animals, recipes

Bee Inspection

May 30, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

Sunday is the day we do bee inspections. I have a rough bee note book that I write my observations in and tasks for the next inspection, but I think […]

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Bees

Surprise potatoes

May 29, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

I finally achieved my mission of clearing the veg patch behind our house and planting my carrots and beetroot. This is the third time I have cleared this piece of […]

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gardening, recipes

Gifts from Friends

May 28, 2014by Claire 3 Comments

My lovely friend Juliet came over on Sunday and after we had done some work with our dogs she set to work transforming my second greenhouse which was full up […]

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gardening, recipes

Lovenotes

May 27, 2014by Claire 5 Comments

What do you give someone who has everything? who doesn’t really want to go out anywhere? and whose favourite things are pretty much burgers and beer? You give them burgers […]

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recipes

Swiss Chard

May 26, 2014by Claire 3 Comments

Now the leeks have finished we have been mainly eating swiss chard for the past few weeks – I miss leeks. However, on the bright side there is a lot […]

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gardening, recipes

Queen Bee

May 25, 2014by Claire Leave a comment

Last Sunday we did our first bee inspection after transferring the frames to the hive. Unfortunately we don’t have many pictures as for some unknown reason the camera seemed to […]

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Bees

Sliced White Bread

May 24, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

I have seen the light – I am a convert to putting seeds in bread. I  can’t believe it took me so long, although to be fair I resisted having […]

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recipes

Sad, Happy, Sad, Happy Turkeys

May 23, 2014by Claire 6 Comments

Sometimes life feels a bit like a rollercoaster here. At the weekend, I finally cracked open the turkey eggs that were in the incubator. They were way past their due […]

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Animals

Alpaca shearing

May 22, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

Early Saturday evening the lovely David and Moragh from Alpacashear came to shear our alpacas. They had already sheared alpacas in four different counties by the time they got to […]

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Animals

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