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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Squeal – new piglets have arrived

February 28, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

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 […]

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Animals

Pepper-cured pork loin

February 27, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

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 […]

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recipes

Love and Hate

February 24, 2015by Claire 9 Comments

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 […]

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Holidays, My other life, recipes

Mr Universe – aka Kainaat Dreaganta CDex

February 22, 2015by Claire 5 Comments

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 […]

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Dogs

Awfully good Offal

February 20, 2015by Claire 1 Comment

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 […]

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Dogs, recipes

Milk Bread and the ewe simulator

February 19, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

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 […]

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recipes

Death and life

February 17, 2015by Claire 12 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, Dogs

Slow cooked pork cheeks with braised red cabbage

February 16, 2015by Claire 3 Comments

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 – […]

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gardening, recipes

Counting Sheep

February 15, 2015by Claire 10 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, cancer

Naughty hens

February 9, 2015by Claire 6 Comments

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 […]

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Animals

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