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Monthly Archives: September 2015

The Growth of the Hugelkultur

September 30, 2015by Claire 3 Comments

The hugelkultur beds are thriving. Earlier in the season I planted squash that took a while to get started – the first batch withered into nothing. Now we have two […]

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Perhaps I shouldn’t have said that ….

September 29, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

We wait for the blood from our pigs at the abattoir – nothing is wasted here. The slaughterman puts it into a big tub that I have and I add […]

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Animals, Local Places

Abattoir Day

September 28, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

Today we took our four Oxford, Sandy and Black pigs to the abattoir. Never an easy task. We had put the trailer next to their pen for the past week […]

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Animals

Mao

September 27, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

Beautiful Mao died last Sunday. Both his families, his old one and his new one are heartbroken. Last year Mao went to live with our wonderful friends Kerry, Jeff, Jude […]

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Animals

I Forget the Sea

September 26, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

I forget the sea ….. with all the vegetable-growing, animal-keeping, dog-training, egg-collection, baking, preserving, cooking, beekeeping, writing, reading and teaching, oh and the campsite, it is easy to forget we […]

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Dogs, Local Places

Autumn bees

September 25, 2015by Claire 5 Comments

This year I decided not to apply apiguard (varroa treatment) to my hives. I may live to regret this rather rash decision but so be it. I put in plastic […]

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Bees

Sweetcorn Thai Green Curry

September 24, 2015by Claire 2 Comments

This is my new favourite dinner – it is the reason I am going to plant 200 – yes 200 – sweetcorn plants next year. (If you say it on […]

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Vegetables and Fruit

September 23, 2015by Claire 7 Comments

Life is busy. I even forgot to do my August round-up of the garden. It was all I could manage to vaguely stay on top of harvesting and processing veggies. […]

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gardening

Summer Garden Pickles

September 19, 2015by Claire 3 Comments

My pickling adventure continues. Another recipe based on one from the fabulous Diana Henry Salt, Sugar, Smoke, (234) Summer Garden Pickles: you can play with the vegetables included here. I […]

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Chanterelles, bacon and cream

September 18, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

My sister cleaned and prepared the chanterelles that we found in the forest with a little brush and packaged them up for me to bring home with me. I carefully […]

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