Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is back from an extended stay with her boyfriend. I really hope she is pregnant. If she is, she will be due sometime between May 1st and mid-June […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Bee Sheds, Raspberries and New Adventures
On Sunday, after my swim, we cleaned out my bee shed. Last autumn was a bit chaotic. After trying to extract the heather honey just before leaving to go on […]
Extra Crazy
You have to have a challenge … right? … something to give a purpose to what you do? It is now January and the heroic wild swimmers (me and Alfie) […]
Planting in the Polytunnel
On Saturday I started planting in the polytunnel. I started off some broadbeans, mangtout and early peas in gutters – hopefully mice won’t climb up onto the staging to snack […]
Farro and writing angst
Not sure why it took me so long to discover farro, but I have now and it is brilliant. I needed an emergency dinner on Thursday – writing the index […]
Happy Pigs, AI and floppy ears
We have been watching the Large Blacks’ heat cycles to ascertain the best time to impregnate them with AI. We think we have a good idea now and will probably […]
Burger Buns
As part of my on-going search for a really good burger bun (the early stages of the truly momentous plan C) I made some buns using the recipe from Byron: […]
Stuffed love-heart squash
It is that time of year when we have a lot of squash to get through. So far this week we have had squash and pasta with grated Berkswell and […]
Sheep work
Over the past two weeks I have started to introduce Zephi to the sheep in a working context. In other words I have let him lose on the sheep. The […]
First swim and chocolate brownies
Why swim in the cold, cold North Sea in winter? Is it all about the endorphin rush? Well yes and no. The endorphin rush is pretty good, you do feel […]
