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Monthly Archives: November 2016

Dreaganta Kainaat CDex-WDex

November 30, 2016by Claire 6 Comments

This little dog has some more letters after his name this week. On Sunday, he qualified WDex (working dog stake at championship level) at a working trial. We found the […]

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Dogs, shepherding

Warmer Waters

November 29, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

Saturday was a beautiful, quite warm, still, end of November day. So, of course, I sent a message to my lovely friend Alfie …. did she fancy a swim …. […]

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Dogs, wild swimming

Apple Cake

November 28, 2016by Claire 8 Comments

An easy breakfast cake kind of based on a recipe from Nigel Slater, The Kitchen Diaries. Despite making lots of juice we still have quite a few apples to get […]

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gardening, recipes

A Most Beautiful Fence

November 27, 2016by Claire 8 Comments

I have a new-ish found love of all fencing and gates. What money we don’t fritter away on hurdles we seem to spend on fencing and gates. Our old willow […]

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gardening

Nalli Gosht – Slow braised hoggat shank

November 26, 2016by Claire 1 Comment

Sunday’s cook ahead dinner was slow braised hoggat shanks in a saffron sauce from the multi-contributor Curry. It was really delicious, I think next time I might add a little […]

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recipes, shepherding

Garlic and Onion Planting

November 24, 2016by Claire Leave a comment

On Saturday I cleared out the dead squash plants from the hugelkultur, turned the earth over a little and planted a lot of garlic and 200 onions. For the record […]

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gardening

Hot Fermented Chilli Sauce

November 23, 2016by Claire 3 Comments

I made some shockingly red, very hot, fermented chilli sauce from my ring of fire chillis. This year I grew some of the plants from saved seed and from my […]

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gardening, recipes

Samuel

November 21, 2016by Claire 6 Comments

This is Samuel and he has come to visit the ewes. I think he is quite happy about it. In previous years we have borrowed the 4-horned Benjamin, but this […]

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Animals, shepherding

Mutton and Pork Chilli

November 19, 2016by Claire 1 Comment

I made a big batch of mutton and pork chilli last weekend to have with the tomatillo salsa. I liked it a lot which is convenient as we have quite […]

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gardening, recipes, shepherding

And Then There Were Two..

November 17, 2016by Claire 14 Comments

I am getting a new puppy. I am going to collect him in a week and a half or so. He is in the basket above – can you guess […]

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Dogs, shepherding

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