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Monthly Archives: January 2017

Iggy Pop

January 29, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

Iggy Pop is back from an extended stay with her boyfriend. I really hope she is pregnant. If she is, she will be due sometime between May 1st and mid-June […]

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Animals

Bee Sheds, Raspberries and New Adventures

January 27, 2017by Claire 6 Comments

On Sunday, after my swim, we cleaned out my bee shed. Last autumn was a bit chaotic. After trying to extract the heather honey just before leaving to go on […]

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Bees, gardening

Extra Crazy

January 25, 2017by Claire 6 Comments

You have to have a challenge … right? … something to give a purpose to what you do? It is now January  and the heroic wild swimmers (me and Alfie) […]

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wild swimming

Planting in the Polytunnel

January 22, 2017by Claire 6 Comments

On Saturday I started planting in the polytunnel. I started off some broadbeans, mangtout and early peas in gutters – hopefully mice won’t climb up onto the staging to snack […]

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Dogs, gardening

Farro and writing angst

January 21, 2017by Claire 4 Comments

Not sure why it took me so long to discover farro, but I have now and it is brilliant. I needed an emergency dinner on Thursday – writing the index […]

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gardening, My other life, recipes

Happy Pigs, AI and floppy ears

January 19, 2017by Claire 4 Comments

We have been watching the Large Blacks’ heat cycles to ascertain the best time to impregnate them with AI. We think we have a good idea now and will probably […]

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Animals, For sale

Burger Buns

January 17, 2017by Claire 11 Comments

As part of my on-going search for a really good burger bun (the early stages of the truly momentous plan C) I made some buns using the recipe from Byron: […]

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