The Growth of the Hugelkultur
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 […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Perhaps I shouldn’t have said that ….
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 […]
Abattoir Day
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 […]
Mao
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 […]
I Forget the Sea
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 […]
Autumn bees
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 […]
Sweetcorn Thai Green Curry
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 […]
Vegetables and Fruit
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. […]
Summer Garden Pickles
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 […]
Chanterelles, bacon and cream
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 […]
