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Oh dear! I kept thinking “wait to blog until you have something interesting to say…” – apparently that’s over five months of nothing interesting! Things have certainly changed since the 13th of December 2013. On the 24th of November I … Continue reading →

For years now I’ve been making Jamie’s Nan’s Christmas Pudding. I got the recipe from a Jamie Christmas DVD I have, which differs slightly in that there are no nuts, cranberries replace 100g of the mixed fruit, and I’m fairly … Continue reading →

I’m at a career crossroads. Or rather I’m at a career roundabout, doing that thing where you aren’t sure which exit to take and you’ve gone around the roundabout a few times now, enough times to forget which exit you … Continue reading →

Went surprisingly well! We all kept forgetting it wasn’t actually Christmas Day for everyone else…

Pseudo! Tomorrow is our first Christmas Day – Ding and Dong are at Dong’s for the real day. First time I’ve sat down in 6-7 hours. Turkey is jointed, stuffed, covered in butter and bacon and sitting on a bed … Continue reading →

Moved gooseberries, planted three raspberries, all the strawberries, 18 garlic, 11 shallots and something like 45 onions. Spread manure on Friday on the potato patch. Temp 4-17 degC – plan is to repot the chili next Friday. Also planted the … Continue reading →

I thought I’d share a few new blogs I follow with you: Operation Rubber Boot – My cous Tolly and her boyfriend Matt have gone on a round the world trip for something like 18 months. It’s early days but the … Continue reading →

Woo! Tree #2 had evidently sneezed at some point and I have something like 1.5kg windfall medlars! I think that’s enough for anyone to be getting on with…

Week and weekend just gone, 4-22 degC and the broad beans in the mini green house, and the onions and some shallots on the step all growing like weeds. No difference between manured and non-matured beans so looks like the … Continue reading →

Could be temperature, could be temporary. Could be both… Week gone – 2-23 Weekend – 9-22