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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Egg Eaters

July 31, 2015by Claire 7 Comments

We have a problem – an epidemic of egg eating. Our hens are furiously eating their eggs. This is not good. We should have stopped it when it was one […]

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Slow cooked lemony courgettes

July 30, 2015by Claire 6 Comments

We have a lot of courgettes. I am not complaining as last year we had hardly any. This is one day’s haul so we are having to get creative with […]

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July Garden – the Greenhouses

July 29, 2015by Claire 6 Comments

No time for words today, just some of what I have growing in my chaotic, overgrown greenhouses and cold frames. Many, many cucumbers (yay) – busy eating them everyday and […]

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Egg Collection

July 27, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

Some photos from Egg Collection on Saturday evening. At 6pm at weekends and usually everyday in the school holidays (depending on the weather and my non-campsite work schedule) I do […]

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Animals, Campsite

Gooseberry and Elderflower Pie

July 26, 2015by Claire 1 Comment

This pie is very very good. It is based on a recipe from Nigel Slater Tender vol. II and the best bit is that you reduce the lisquid that comes […]

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Currant tart

July 24, 2015by Claire 2 Comments

It is currant season here and we have a lot of red currants. I saw a lovely looking currant tart on the amazing baking website run by Marc at Bake […]

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Like a duck to water

July 23, 2015by Claire 2 Comments

We re-purposed some plastic bowl type thing whose original function has long since been forgotten into a duckling paddling pool. They loved it …… they really really love it. Every […]

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Animals

Turkey Removals

July 21, 2015by Claire 2 Comments

We have a lot of turkeys in our front garden – 21 to be exact. With the Ixworth chicks we hatched growing by the day and the new ducklings it […]

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Animals

Bedruthan Steps

July 20, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

We visited the Bedruthan Steps – a beach near-ish where we were staying one day. When the tide is low you can walk round all the giant stones on the […]

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Dogs, Holidays

Sheepdog on Holiday

July 15, 2015by Claire 6 Comments

We’re in Cornwall for a week and it is wonderful. We are staying in the middle of nowhere. The road outside our cottage has grass growing in the middle of […]

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Dogs, Holidays

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