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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ….. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]