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Monthly Archives: April 2017

Book

April 30, 2017by Claire 9 Comments

One of the books I have been working on for the past year  came out recently and the publisher sent me some copies. I started work on this book about […]

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My other life

The Problem of Orange Peel

April 28, 2017by Claire 11 Comments

OK, so orange peel is probably only a problem if you are a fanatical, bulk-buying, recycling, home-made, home-grown, no-waste obsessed kind of person who just happens to have 30 kg  of […]

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Animals

Leftovers

April 26, 2017by Claire 1 Comment

After Easter we spent some time eating leftovers and of course leeks. We have a lot of leeks. I save our leeks all winter, standing tall on the hugelkultur to eat […]

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gardening, recipes

Digging a hole

April 23, 2017by Claire 5 Comments

Kainaat likes to dig a hole, mainly he does it to impress girls. He shared this knowledge with Zephi. However, Zephi is a completely different calibre of dog. He isn’t a […]

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Dogs

Duck Confit Ragu

April 22, 2017by Claire 4 Comments

I sent off one of my incubators and 15 fresh Pekin duck eggs to a local school this week – they are going to hatch out ducklings – squeak, how […]

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Animals, recipes

Lambing Ups and Downs

April 20, 2017by Claire 5 Comments

I think last year I wondered why I had chosen to lamb over a bank holiday when the site was busy. I am pretty sure I resolved not to do […]

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Animals, shepherding

Polytunnel of Dreams

April 17, 2017by Claire 17 Comments

A lot has been happening here …. too much to write just now so here are some photos of the polytunnel of dreams over the past couple of weeks. We […]

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