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• Chickens and Apples

  

  We went and picked up four more new chickens the other day, we needed to as we lost two of our layers last week. Well sadly we lost three of our girls in one... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• We've Just Got Back from a Few Days Away. We Went to Some...

  

  We've just got back from a few days away. We went to somewhere we've wanted to go to ever since we moved into Wales ... the Royal Welsh Show. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Sorting the Clutter in the Kitchen

  

  I think it was Sally that asked to see a photo of the kitchen after I had put everything back after the electrician had been the other week. So while I was in... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Tour of the Plot - Part Four

  

  Well here it is the final Tour of the Plot. Let's go past the polytunnel now towards the waving man in the distance ... honestly since he came back to work at... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Tour of the Plot - Part Three

  

  Part three of the Tour of the Plot is the Veggie Patch. Situated above the Poly and Net tunnels it is a sloping area of raised beds and woodchip paths. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• The New Girls

  

  A little 'chickeny interlude' between the 'Tour of the Plot' posts to introduce you to our new girls. Bought today from the same place we buy all our chickens... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• A Tour of the Plot - Part Two

  

  Day two of our tour of the plot brings us to the Net Tunnel and it's lovely sheltered atmosphere. The plants usually love it in here, not many bugs can fit... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• A Tour of the Plot

  

  It is now almost mid-July and I thought as a record for me and as a nice little peek for you it was time to do a tour of the plot, the plot on our hillside... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Bare Surfaces ..... and Sorting Out

  

  Sorry for the lack of posts, it's been a busy few days since Alan came home full time. We've had an electrician in to replace all the lights in this half of... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Learning to Work Together

  

  This time last week Alan was on his way home for the last time, no more weekly commuting to a place far, far away for the day job. Working from home is now the... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Getting the Gooseberry Harvest In

  

  We only planted our Gooseberry bushes, last year. Well they were twigs really, cuttings taken from our neighbour Mary's garden and looking like dead things all... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Mice with a Sweet Tooth ... and Saving Every Penny

  

  Alan is partial to a box of these every now and then, this flavour and the others that you can get these Wheaties in .... ... and so it would seem are the mice... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Sheep, Lambs ... and a Sheep Coloured Pug

  

  Sheep We've had three of Will's ewes and their twin lambs (nine sheep) in our fields for months now, moving them from one field to the other alternately as the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Aga On, Aga Off

  

  The Aga has been switched off for the last month or so because the heat of the mini heatwave we had plus the Aga being on in a very well insulated house was... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Waste Not Want Not

  

  In a 'waste not want not' moment I took three little potatoes that I found sprouting in the potato bag in the kitchen cupboard over to the polytunnel .... ...... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Sowing Seeds for Car Boot Selling

  

  This year for the first time I've been selling flower plants at the car boot sales we've had a stall at, as well as the vegetable plants that I've been selling... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Two Cupboards Done ... and Dusted

  

  I thought after Tuesdays post I would just put up the photos of the finished cupboards for you to see ... before I move on to two more later :-) This was how... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Too Little Or Too Much

  

  How true is the statement above!! So many of us seem to acquire much more than we need to get through this life ... which sits well with many folk who love thei... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Loving My Cucumbers

  

  I love cucumber plants. From the minute the seedling bursts forth from the compost, sturdy and self reliant looking with the two leaves still encased in the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES

• Just Two Hens

  

  "I don't know what to do with myself, the corn was nice, the water was cool, I've laid an egg but there's no one left in the henhouse to talk to .... ... oh... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES