Squeal – new piglets have arrived
Last Sunday James went to collect two little piglets. We are trying out keeping different rare breeds to see which one suits our situation best (and which make the best […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Pepper-cured pork loin
I have been curing some meat – with slightly more success than the pancetta! I have made some pepper-cured tenderloin – recipe adapted from Steven Lamb Curing and Smoking. The […]
Love and Hate
Back at the beginning of February it was James and my wedding anniversary – we can’t remember whether we got married on the 1st or the 2nd of February, but […]
Mr Universe – aka Kainaat Dreaganta CDex
Last Saturday I got up at 4.30am to drive 3 hours to a Working Dog Trial in Oxford. It was Kainaat’s first trial (dogs have to be 18 months before […]
Awfully good Offal
I cried on Tuesday morning for our lovely turkey Ataturkey but late on Thursday night I scarffed down his liver and heart because I am shameless and have a short […]
Milk Bread and the ewe simulator
On Tuesday night I went off to a talk at our local vets on lambing for smallholders. It was really interesting. The best bit for me – and this is […]
Death and life
I was going to write a nice post about milk bread today, but life intervened with something more dramatic. Turkeys are not always very nice creatures – or rather males […]
Slow cooked pork cheeks with braised red cabbage
We have eaten all the white cabbage and only have red cabbage left in the garden. We do have some spring cabbages that I am hoping will heart up – […]
Counting Sheep
I count sheep a lot. I count our Jacobs first thing in the morning and later in the afternoon. At night I count imaginary sheep as I don’t sleep very […]
Naughty hens
The smallholding hybrid hens – who are actually lovely, they are friendly, let kids pick them up and lay lots of delicious eggs – have started to be just a […]
