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Waiting

February 1, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

A long day teaching in London followed by a night waiting for Elsie to kid. I thought she was close to giving birth when I left yesterday as her ligaments […]

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My other life, shepherding

Iggy Pop Popped

May 10, 2017by Claire 14 Comments

Of course, she waited until just after I left before having her baby. I left this morning to go to London for an ultrasound and to stay the night at […]

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Animals, shepherding

Celeriac Rosti

March 19, 2017by Claire Leave a comment

Too much going on, writing, writing, writing and teaching…. too much to do and not enough time. This past week we have been mainly eating celeriac from the hugelkultur (and […]

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recipes

Pig News

February 19, 2017by Claire 11 Comments

On Monday our three Large Black/Middle White cross pigs went off to ‘university’. Never an easy day, but we now have a freezer full of free-range, rare-breed sausages and bacon […]

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Animals, For sale

Duck Eggs, Duck Hearts and Roast Duck

October 10, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

Yesterday was Sunday, so I imagine you can guess what was going on at our place. It was the turn of the young pekin ducks that we hatched out earlier […]

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Animals, recipes

Beyaz Peynir (feta cheese)

October 8, 2016by Claire 1 Comment

I can’t believe I am 46 (nearly 47) and I have only just made beyaz peynir (feta cheese). I have been wanting to make it for a while, but the […]

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recipes

Seed Saving and Caponata

October 2, 2016by Claire Leave a comment

As I greedily eat our aubergines, I do have half an eye on next year. My seed saving experiments with chillis and borlotti beans worked well this year – the […]

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recipes

Slaughter Sunday is Back

October 1, 2016by Claire 5 Comments

My dog eats meat. The ducks had five years free-ranging in the pear garden. They had pretty much stopped laying eggs. We decided that a quick, quiet, unexpected death before […]

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Animals, Dogs

Deconstructed salad and raspberries

August 19, 2016by Claire 5 Comments

Everything is so fresh right now that it is nice to eat things as simply as possible. Pick and chop a cucumber, add a chopped heirloom tomato, some shredded basil […]

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gardening, recipes

Home-smoked Duck and Pea Risotto

July 16, 2016by Claire 9 Comments

I have been waiting to make this for some time. First I had to grow the ducks and then the peas! I am still experimenting with my stove-top hot smoker […]

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Animals, recipes

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