Tomorrow marks a very sad ending in our household, as both Primrose and Sunshine have come back as ‘re-actor’ on their annul TB test.
We have known that TB was a risk ever since we first got cows, Gloucestershire is a ‘hot spot’ for TB, but have always, naively it would seem now, thought that it wouldn’t happen [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Living the dream
Posted in Day-to-day, tagged cows, DEARFA, TB on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the brooder
Posted in Chickens, Poultry, tagged Chickens, chicks, ducklings, ducks, goslings on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I didn’t manage to keep up with my intention to keep a recorded of what eggs went into the incubator but things have been moving pretty fast. I didn’t even really manage to keep track of the dates that different eggs were put in there either so every so often there has been a [...]
In season this week #41
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
artichoke*, asparagus*, aubergine*, beetroot, broad beans*, broccoli*, carrots*, courgettes*, cucumber, fennel*, french beans, garlic, jersey royal new potatoes, kohlrabi, lettuces & salad leaves*, mangetout*, new potatoes*, onions, peas*, potatoes (maincrop), radishes*, rhubarb, rocket*, runner beans*, samphire, spinach, spring onions*, turnips*, watercress*, wild mushrooms, wild nettles
FRUIT
apricots*[i], blueberries*, cherries*, chillies, elderflowers*, gooseberries*, greengages, kiwi fruit*[i], lemons[i], loganberries, [...]
Allotment 21/06/09
Posted in Food, Home grown food, allotment, tagged allotment, Garden, vegetables on June 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well, yesterday and today I have been feeling a little bit down about the allotment as we still aren’t eating anything from it yet, the rabbits have had a good feed from it though! But then I thought about it with a more reasonable head on and we’ve only had them for just over two months, [...]
In print
Posted in Day-to-day, tagged Country Smallholding, magazine on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am in the months Country Smallholdingmagazine! I wrote a piece for their ‘Real Lives’ section a while ago and can’t believe it has been used so quickly, I thought magazines like that worked six months a head for things like that.
It is only 300 words long, which isn’t much to tell people about yourself, [...]
Cracking time
Posted in Chickens, tagged gosling, thunder on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had thunder in the area last week, we didn’t have a storm here but we did have a huge crack of lighting over the house that cracked some of the eggs my dad had under a broody. One egg has hatched and the others have been put into the incubator just in case as [...]
Elderflower Cordial
Posted in Homemade, tagged cordial, elderflower on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve done it! I’ve actually made some elderflower cordial that tastes the way it should, and it is very nice.
Last year I didn’t manage to get my act together to have more than one attempt at making some, and it didn’t work, but this year I tried a recipe from Colour It Green and it has [...]
In season this week #40
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food, Homemade on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
VEGETABLES
artichoke*, asparagus*, aubergine*, broad beans*, broccoli*, carrots*, courgettes*, cucumber, fennel*, kohlrabi, lettuces & salad leaves*, mangetout*, new potatoes*, onions*, peas*, potatoes (maincrop), radishes*, rhubarb, rocket*, runner beans*, samphire, spinach*, spring onions*, turnips*, watercress*, wild nettles
FRUIT
apricots[i], blueberries, cherries*, elderflowers*, gooseberries*, kiwi fruit*[i], lemons[i], oranges[i], passion fruit[i], raspberries, strawberries*, tomatoes
HERBS, FLOWERS, FUNGHI, NUTS
basil*, chervil, chives*, coriander, dill*, [...]
Fucshia’s kids
Posted in Goats, tagged goat on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HDRA’s 10 easiest veg to grow
Posted in Food, Garden, Home grown food on June 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
HDRA’s last newsletter had a list of the ten easiest vegetables to grow along with it’s monthly to do list, I was pleased to see that most of them we are already growing but there are a few I need to work on.
French Beans: Some planted yesterday and more sown. This year as well as [...]
