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Mad March
The inclement weather has kept us out of the garden today, with high, cold winds and torrential rain limiting activity to the greenhouse. The pigs have also taken to shelter,…
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Meet the gang 'cos the boys are here
Here are our new arrivals, the 3 Tamworth boar weaners we picked up from Dumfries today. Everything went very smoothly, and we had a great time at the breeder's farm meeting…
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Hubbards no more
We dispatched the three remaining Hubbards yesterday. Once it was done, I started looking forward to a roast chicken dinner, but I get keyed up before we kill them - just because I…
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Parsnips for a week
This morning I lifted the last of our parsnips, so that I could fork some well-rotted manure into the raised beds in preparation for this year's sowing. I expected them to…
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Best laid plans...
Well, Christmas hasn't QUITE turned out as expected. Lorna, our daughter, went down with a heavy cold on Sunday, I succumbed on Christmas Day and now Dan has the lurgy.…
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Storing carrots
It's been a lovely day here today - I even managed to get two loads of washing dried outside - so I spent some time in the vegetable garden. My job for today was to lift the…
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Quick Oaty Soda Bread
This oaty soda bread can be made from start to finish in about 35 minutes, and tastes fantastic.…
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Spring is sprung
We've had a busy couple of weekends in the garden. Dan's finished constructing the new raised beds. The paths between have to be tidied up but the beds themselves are now ready…
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The killing of cockerel #2
Back in September we killed a cockerel for the table for the first time. It wasn't exactly textbook (at least not according to Seymour) but we got there in the end. This…
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The circle of poultry life
It's been a big weekend for our first ever batch of chicks (two hens and one cockerel) which were hatched back in April. We were up at the crack of dawn, despatcher in…
