Ever since I took over the pen of chickens that I’ve been looking after I’ve wanted to try breeding pure Silver Dorkings or Marsh Daisys, I’ve spent hours on eBay looking at hatching eggs and going through poultry forums for sale lists. I’ve even almost arranged buying eggs but whenever I’ve been able to hatch [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Richard Dorking
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chicken, Eggs, hatching, pure breed, Richard Dorking, Silver Dorking on November 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tagging
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged happy, tag, tagging, things that make you happy, things you didn't know on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, it’s taken me a while to sit down and think about this, and I wasn’t sure which ‘tagged’ I was so I thought I’d do both.
Thanks to Rosie (& Simon) at Eco-Gites for tagging me.
The rules of this Tag are:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six [...]
Beads, wool and spinning
Posted in Homemade, tagged Christmas tree, craft, Homemade, ill, knitting, seed beading, spinning, unwell on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I was ill, it was the horrid flu-y, chest infection thing that everyone else has had and I promised I would get. It wasn’t very nice at all, and even after a week on antibiotics, and two weeks of large doses of Vit C and eating as much garlic as possible with every [...]
I’ve spent some time this evening up dating and adding photos to my goat page, it isn’t completely how I would like it to be and I will be adding more soon, including information and photos of my current goats, but please have a look and let me know what you think…
In season this week #14
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
beetroot | brussels sprouts | celeriac | celery | chicory | jerusalem artichoke | kale | leeks | parsnips | potatoes (maincrop) | pumpkin | swede | turnips
FRUIT & NUTS
apples | chestnuts | clementines | cranberries | passion fruit | pears | pineapple | pomegranate | quince | satsumas | tangerines | walnuts
MEAT
duck | goose [...]
Bringing home the bacon…
Posted in Food, Home grown food, tagged bacon, Creative Living Forum, forum, Homemade, meat slicer, pigs on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Rhys finished making bacon today.
The joint was saved from a couple of years ago when we last had pigs (or maybe it was last year? Seeing as we’re almost at the end of this year it might have been last year, feels a lot longer ago though) for making bacon with and a couple of weeks ago [...]
In season this week #13
Posted in Food, Home grown food on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
artichoke | beetroot | brussels sprouts | celeriac | celery | chicory | jerusalem artichoke | kale | leeks | parsnips | potatoes (maincrop) | pumpkin | swede | turnips | wild mushrooms
FRUIT & NUTS
apples | chestnuts | clementines | cranberries | passion fruit | pears | quince | satsumas | tangerines | walnuts
MEAT
duck | [...]
Christmas Shopping
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I started on my Christmas shopping, I’m still not convinced that Christmas in November is allowable, but I’m realising that planning is everything. For example under my normal rule of ‘do-not-even-try-to-talk-to-me-about-Christmas-until-December-the-first’ would not have allowed me to have sown carrots all those months ago to have carrots ready to be freshly harvested on Christmas morning, which I’m [...]
Half way through November…
Posted in Day-to-day, tagged Christmas, Winter on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Already, things still don’t feel like they’ve slowed down in any way yet. I’m sure when I was younger winter felt slow and long, and summer felt busy and alive.
I’m back at work now after having a week off, things aren’t slowing down there either. Christmas is now upon us, then it will be the [...]
Milk & Autism
Posted in Farming News, tagged autism, diet, health, milk on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found this story on Channel Five News this evening and found it really interesting.
Three months ago in a Five News investigation we told you about a possible link between drinking milk and the behaviour of children with autism.
Some scientists believe most of the milk we drink in this country can make the symptoms [...]
