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Archive of entries posted on May 2012

Pleasing potato progress

Posted by Richard on 22 May 2012, 5:12 pm

Just for the record here is the current progress with my very limited potatoes after 6 weeks in the ground. There may only be two short rows but I have very high expectations for them! It’s all looking very good at the moment and there has been very little signs of weeds or pests (so far). …

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Ginger wine

Posted by Richard on 19 May 2012, 7:04 pm

After hearing about a ginger wine recipe from Twitter (big thanks to @Geordie_racer) it was off to the local homebrew shop for the necessary equipment. Being a complete novice at this I was a bit lost but blindly following the instructions I had been given. Luckily the very helpful man in the shop gave me …

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Vegetable progress update

Posted by Richard on 10 May 2012, 8:23 pm

The potatoes are finally starting to show signs of life which is encouraging. That is only when compared to the apparently interminable wait for anything to happen of course. I’m sure that I will soon need to worry about earthing them up but for the moment they should be okay. The onion sets that were …

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It’s a jungle out there

Posted by Richard on 9 May 2012, 5:26 pm

The other evening at chicken lock up time it was pouring with rain – nothing new there of course! However, as I went out the back door I spotted a small green visitor on the back step just at the last minute. I don’t think he realised how close he came to being under my …

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Further bread making adventures

Posted by Richard on 8 May 2012, 7:12 am

After my first 2 attempts at bread making (white bread rolls and after that a loaf) had proved fairly successful if slightly stodgy, it was clearly time to up my game and try making brown bread. We had a great time up at the Rothbury Food and Craft Festival yesterday which had lots of interesting …

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Size isn’t everything…

Posted by Richard on 4 May 2012, 10:04 pm

I’m not sure where this one came from but it was completely unexpected and out of all proportion with the normal eggs we’ve been getting. In fact I’m not even sure which one of the three dropped this on us and we discussed the likely suspects but when I checked afterwards none of the chickens …

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