This is a little later and not as long as I had planned (the camera’s batteries kept going flat, and of course I hadn’t even thought about needing such a thing at Christmas) so there are a few stops and starts but I think you can get the idea of it any way.
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Archive for December, 2008
Christmas Carrots
Posted in Film/Video, Food, Garden, Home grown food, tagged carrots, Christmas, film, Garden, home grown, vidio on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In season this week #18
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
beetroot | brussels sprouts | cauliflower | celeriac | celery | chicory | jerusalem artichoke | kale | leeks | parsnips | potatoes (maincrop) | swede | turnips
FRUIT & NUTS
apples | clementines | lemons | oranges | passion fruit | pears | pineapple | pomegranate | satsumas | tangerines | walnuts
MEAT
duck | guinea fowl | [...]
Wood collecting
Posted in About nothing really, Day-to-day, tagged Chrismtas, fire wood, New Year, Rayburn, tree, wood on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went fire wood collecting today, it was so cold my fingers turned white and I couldn’t feel a thing, until my fingers started to warm up over the Rayburn and then I could feel them. Ouch!
I still enjoyed myself though, scrambling up and down banks trying to find the next bigger and better piece [...]
Hatching has happened… thank God
Posted in Quail on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The first quail chick has hatched, about 3 minutes ago.
I’ve been very worried about the hatching, nothing seems to have been happening at all. Normally a coulpe of days before you see the first signs of hatching (or pipping) you hear the chicks calling, then a few eggs get craks in and then you get [...]
Winter Solstice
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade, Quail, tagged bucket, carrots, chocolate, Christmas, eggs hatching, garlic, leeks, moon planting, onion, peas, Quail, Winter Solstice on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. From now on days will be getting longer and everything with start to wake up.
As a sort of celebration I have spent this evening making paper pots and sowing peas, carrots (to be grown in buckets until the warmer weather when they can go outside) [...]
In season this week #17
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
beetroot | brussels sprouts | cauliflower | celeriac | celery | chicory | jerusalem artichoke | kale | leeks | parsnips | potatoes (maincrop) | swede | turnips
FRUIT & NUTS
apples | clementines | passion fruit | pears | pineapple | pomegranate | satsumas | tangerines | walnuts
MEAT
duck | goose | grouse | guinea fowl | [...]
Full moon and rising waters
Posted in About nothing really, Day-to-day, tagged eather, full moon, moon, rain, tides, water on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t think anyone could have missed the news that the moon was visible at it’s biggest for 15 years on Friday night, I really wanted to go and take some photo’s of it as well but it has gone from being very cold and clear to being cold, cloudy and raining from Friday evening. [...]
Planting sticks
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, tagged canes, fruit, raspberry on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At the weekend I planted out our new raspberry canes:
There is a mixture of 12 early, middle and autumn fruiting canes, and one yellow fruiting. The autumn ones will fruit next year and all the other the year after, now right now they just look like some sticks pushed into the ground.
In season this week #16
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
beetroot | brussels sprouts | cauliflower | celeriac | celery | chicory | jerusalem artichoke | kale | leeks | parsnips | potatoes (maincrop) | pumpkin | swede | turnips
FRUIT & NUTS
apples | chestnuts | clementines | cranberries | passion fruit | pears | pineapple | pomegranate | satsumas | tangerines | walnuts
MEAT
duck | goose [...]
Quail Egg Setting
Posted in Film/Video, Quail, tagged Eggs, film, hatching, incubator, Quail on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eggs all now safely in the incubator!
