I put the first eggs in my new incubator last night, three goosy-lucy eggs.
I can’t really remember ever having hatched anything other than hen and quail eggs before, but I’m sure we must have hatched duck eggs when I was younger, so this will be interesting. The new incubator is a manual turner so I’ve [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Goose eggs
Posted in Day-to-day, tagged Eggs, goose, hatching on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In season this week #31
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
broccoli*, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, jersey royal new potatoes*, leeks, lettuces & salad leaves, onions, potatoes (maincrop), purple sprouting broccoli, radishes*, rhubarb*, rocket*, samphire, salsify, spinach*, spring onions*, watercress*, wild nettles*
FRUIT
bananas*[i], kiwi fruit*[i], lemons[i], oranges[i], passion fruit[i]
HERBS, FLOWERS, FUNGHI, NUTS
basil, chervil, chives*, coriander, dill, mint, mushrooms (cultivated), parsley (curly), parsley (flat-leaf), sorrel*
Nettle soup
Posted in Food, Homemade, Wild Food, tagged Food, Nettle, soup on April 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I tried out a new recipe that I found for nettle soup last night, Rhys and mother both like it but I’m not so sure, I think I will like it with a little tweaking.
Pick half a small bucket of nettles, wash them and pick out any bits of grass or hay that have come [...]
Willow
Posted in Garden, Goats, tagged cutting, freecycle, tree, tree planting, willow on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We now have some willow cuttings, courtesy of a local freecycler. They have been in the kitchen rooting for a while now but I’ve finally planted most of them out on the far site of the goat pen to hopefully make that area drier in the long run.
The most evil creature of them all
Posted in Sheep on April 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I hate rats, I just can’t stand them. I’m sure that the only reason for this is I’m almost completely certain that they will out live the human race and run all over our dead bodies with their little beady eyes and sharp teeth, but since Tuesday I now have to give the prize for the [...]
In season this week #30
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Eat the Seasons website has been up-dated and now has lots of signs to show imported veg, etc. they are also now including this like salad leaves in their lists too.
VEGETABLES
broccoli*, carrots, cauliflower, chicory, cucumber, jersey royal new potatoes*, kale, leeks, lettuces & salad leaves, onions, potatoes (maincrop), purple sprouting broccoli*, radishes*, rhubarb*, rocket*, [...]
