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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Gooseberries

June 30, 2014by Claire 1 Comment

I hate picking gooseberries – their branches are covered with the most mean and vicious spikes. In my garden this isn’t helped by the fact that I have brambles and […]

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For sale, gardening, recipes

Healthiest banana cake in the world

June 29, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

I went to visit my lovely friends Christine and Nathan at their allotment on Thursday. Christine can’t eat butter or sugar so I looked around for a suitable cake to […]

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gardening, recipes

Little Raspberry Tarts

June 27, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

We have summer raspberries at the moment. We don’t have many vegetables as I was delayed planting due to the op but we have someĀ  fruit (raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries […]

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recipes

Chilli and Apple Jelly

June 25, 2014by Claire 4 Comments

About two months ago I used the last of the stored apples and dried chillis to make another batch of Chilli and Apple jelly. I strain the juice and then […]

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For sale, gardening, recipes

Exploring Turkey Chicks

June 24, 2014by Claire 4 Comments

We have been putting the turkey chicks outside in good weather in a dog crate for a week or so. Yesterday we decided to let them loose in a specially […]

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Animals, Dogs

Mangetout, Beetroot and Lettuce

June 23, 2014by Claire 8 Comments

After dog class on Tuesday Margo gave us all some lovely veggies from her garden, namely mangetout, beetroot and lettuce. As my mangetout got completely eaten by the evil pigeons […]

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recipes

Shady Pigs

June 22, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

Last weekend James and some other members of pig club built the pigs some sun shelters. We don’t have many trees on our smallholding (although we are engaged in an […]

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Animals

Eat or Incubate?

June 21, 2014by Claire 12 Comments

The parents of the vets where James works keep Rheas and yesterday she very kindly gave us this rhea egg – how utterly fabulous is that? So the question is […]

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Animals

Darwin

June 20, 2014by Claire 2 Comments

I am in London for a couple of days – hospital and work – plus I have writing deadlines so today we have a guest post by Darwin one of […]

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Animals

Bacon Sandwiches

June 19, 2014by Claire 3 Comments

The one downside of having a campsite is that someone somewhere on the site is always cooking bacon. Bacon sandwiches are perfect camping food, but I guess it isn’t good […]

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Animals, recipes

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