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Archive of entries posted on December 2012

Quiche can be a beautiful thing

Posted by Richard on 31 December 2012, 5:30 pm

There has been a certain mystique in my mind around making quiche and I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps because it seemed a little complicated or possibly because I believed my mother who always said it was easier to buy one than make it from scratch. Now that I’ve successfully completed my first attempt I …

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Tasty leeks leave me wanting more

Posted by Richard on 15 December 2012, 5:12 pm

After finally giving up on the forlorn hope that there might be some further growth, I started to dig up the remaining leeks from the last raised veg bed at the weekend. As can be seen below, I brought in about 6 leeks of varying sizes but they were hardly the most impressive haul especially after …

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What happened to November?

Posted by Richard on 6 December 2012, 4:19 pm

I’m not sure how it has happened but after a quick check of the calendar I found that it’s been around 6 weeks since the last blog update. I know that in general not much is growing at this time of year and so there wouldn’t be much progress to report but even by my …

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