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• The View

  

  Our view from home is the view you can see in the header photograph at the top of the blog. As you travel along the road it obviously changes as the hills follo... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• What's with the Weather!!

  

  What's with the weather? Where is the Summer or at least a couple of warm days in a row so that we can know that it's safe to hang out a line of washing... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Selling the Surplus

  

  For the past three weekends we have been selling the surplus home grown plants at the farm gate. This year I'm not looking to make huge profits just to get my... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Some Thoughts for Saturday

  

  We like signs ... they are dotted around our house. I am an incorrigible reader so if I see the written word I read it no matter where it is or where I am. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Repairs Completed ... Now Onto the Final Stage

  

  The roof and chimney repairs, replacement guttering, soffits, bargeboards and flashing are all completed now and we're starting to look a lot neater around the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Sheep, Chippings and Scaredy Cats and Dogs

  

  Another load of chippings was dropped off by the tree surgeons the other day and straight away the sheep were all over the pile. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• A Home for Homemade Jams

  

  A few of you expressed a n interest in seeing what I put into my new Bread and Cheese cupboard. So here you are ... a post dedicated to the cupboard and it's ne... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Our Little Wildlife Haven

  

  This weekend's main job apart from all the other little jobs that fill our days was to finally finish off Nut Wood. It's in the corner of our main paddock and i... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Sacrificial Cabbage?

  

  I have no idea what this is! I'm guessing cabbage, but it could also be a Purple Sprouting Broccoli gone mad, a seed fell through the workbench last year and... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Fruity Perks

  

  I picked the first three Strawberries off our plants yesterday, well the first three that made it into the house, I've been sampling the wares for a couple of... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Updating the Cabbage Picture

  

  I was in the polytunnel the other day when I noticed how big the cabbages were, so I picked one for us to eat and it made me think of the now infamous 'cabbage... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• The Weekend

  

  This weekend saw us doing something we don't normally do here ..... praying for rain!! Lovely Hubby has been working for the last couple of weeks bringing soil... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• The Conservatory Shelves

  

  A couple of people have expressed an interest in where my new sugar shaker lives so here is a photo of the shelves in the conservatory. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• We're Supposed to Be Saving .....

  

  We're supposed to be saving like mad this year to pay off the mortgage but an opportunity that was simply too good to miss came up ... and I just went for it. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• The Gadgets Were Out

  

  For the last few weeks of hot, hot day and night time temperatures the Aga was off and the gadgets were out. The rice cooker was in use most days. The soup make... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Fathers Day is Coming Up

  

  This time of year can be tough for those of us who have lost our dads. I know the first couple of years after my Dad died it was so hard to see all the cards an... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• In the Tunnel on a Rainy Day

  

  Yesterday the builders finally arrived to start the process of cleaning up and repairing the house after the awful Winter downpours of a few months ago, that sa... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• A No News Day

  

  It's felt like a bit of a 'no news day' today. The builders who were supposed to arrive on Monday then I found out on Tuesday that they weren't coming until thi... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Mad Dogs and Scottish Men ....

  

  The heat of the past few days really divided the camp here. The dogs and Lovely Hubby were determined to be in the heat of the sun no matter how much it beat... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Our Littlest Weekend Visitor

  

  Saturday evening saw Lovely Hubby erecting the old chicken fence around his now flattened 'molehills'. He was about the start properly smoothing the area, but... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2016 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES