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Let’s Start Again …..

December 7, 2018by Claire 3 Comments

Let’s start with this clementine curd tart. The pastry is from Dan Lepard and Richard Whittington Exceptional Cakes and the curd is just a regular fruit curd. I made two […]

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Blackcurrant Cheesecake

July 30, 2018by Claire 1 Comment

My sister and her family were over staying with me earlier in July. We had a great time swimming in the sea, catching up, milking goats, and watching the football […]

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gardening, recipes

Finding me

July 28, 2018by Claire 17 Comments

I have been pretty absent round here recently. Stuff in my life was making me unhappy and impinging on everything. But thanks to the repeated advice of others I am […]

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Animals, Dogs, walks, wild swimming

Breaking News …

July 12, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

One of the branches on my peach tree in the polytunnel of dreams broke off because it was so laden down with peaches. Kind of gutted, but also kind of […]

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gardening

Eleven

July 10, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

I noticed last week that Eleven had a lump on her neck. I watched it for a day, it grew. It felt like an abscess so I called our wonderful […]

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Animals, shepherding

Where the bacon comes from ….

July 3, 2018by Claire 1 Comment

All the bacon and sausages sold in the Blue Rabbit Cafe come from our own pigs who free-range on our smallholding. Yesterday we took two of these pigs to the […]

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Animals, Food Truck

Elderflower Ice-cream with a Gooseberry Ripple

July 2, 2018by Claire 1 Comment

Another output from the Extreme Ice-cream Experimentation Station and one which is very very tasty. I mean what are you to do if you make about 20 litres of elderflower […]

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gardening, recipes

Dave

June 29, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

This is Dave He is an Anglo-nubian buck who has already fathered a few kids. He is hopefully going to be the baby-daddy for next year’s kids and thus is […]

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Animals, shepherding

Pea Pesto Pasta

June 25, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

We’re eating a lot of this round here at the moment – it is quick and tasty which is a prerequisite for dinner at the moment. And yes it is […]

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gardening, recipes

Daisy Dog

June 23, 2018by Claire 6 Comments

Yesterday was three years since Daisy Dog died. It seems like just yesterday, but also a lifetime ago. Kainaat is now the age Daisy Dog was when she died so […]

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