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• mud

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  Torrential rain. Always makes me laugh when people tell me how the raising of meat uses so much more water and therefore it’s not environmentally sound to eat meat (they say,tucking into their palm oil whatever..). Water, in this part of the world, is in plentiful supply.. and we live in one of the rainiest places ...
  5 days ago

• mackerel sky

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  It’s been unseasonably warm lately – I’ve been doing loads of drying laundry  outside – and am constantly surprised by how early it gets dark – as it does not fit with the weather. I’ve been out cutting up logs today; a slow are arduous process with a bowsaw, but think of the money we save on gym ...
  1 week ago

• clocks change

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  And I am disoriented once again.  I must be getting older… Actually woke refreshed and raring to go.. which was unusual, and probably indicative that I mostly don’t get enough sleep – an extra hour went down well. But of course all things outside went on at the normal times, and the animals looked askance at ...
  2 weeks ago

• is it worth it?

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  When raising animals for food, and eggs, or growing veg, it always has to be questioned whether it is actually worth it, financially and effortwise. Well I think it is on many levels. Financially, it is. But it depends what you take into account – I have seen so many times the question on a forum; “how much land ...
  3 weeks ago

• Caring for bees and chickens connects you to the wheel of the year

  
  The Spicy Cauldron — Authority: 424
  The above photo was taken a few weeks back, and it’s my beloved in the frame (with bees on the frame, as it were). Keeping bees, and chickens, really attunes you very closely to the seasonal ebbs and flows, the cyclical rhythms, of the seasons. When much of what you do with these insects and animals is determined ...
  3 weeks ago

• new lamb skins

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  We collected the latest lambskins from the lovely people at Devonia yesterday. They are so friendly and helpful, and we are really pleased with the latest ones. We had an idea of what to expect with the white ones, as we already have one Devon closewoolx polled Dorset rug, but the ‘black’ one – which is a ...
  4 weeks ago

• pâté

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  I do like offal.  Not only is it versatile and tasty, but often very cheap.  When you raise your own animals for slaughter, you receive plenty of offal, and we very much enjoy the treat that is it. For a start, on slaughter day, we have a first taste with a dinner of fresh liver, as we get that the same day, but ...
  4 weeks ago

• productive weekend

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  We always seem to be overloading ourselves with jobs to be done, always running to catch up. So we decided to calm things down  little, and arrange things so each weekend or evening we have the chores to do, then just a couple of objectives, then after that do whatever we like. One of the problems is we always seem ...
  5 weeks ago

• sweetcorn

  
  colour it green diary — Authority: 123
  I’ve been muttering lately that it wasn’t worth growing sweet corn – the full size kind, in this country.  It’s always touch and go that it will ripen in time, it gets blown down, the slugs climb up it and eat the silks.. it takes a lot of space and isn’t worth it. What is worthwhile. a sure winner is ...
  7 weeks ago

• Guest Blog at Fennel and Fern

  
  The Smallest Smallholding — Authority: 103
  This week has been CRAZY at work. But I did manage to fit a bit of guest-blogging in and the beautiful and stylish Fennel and Fern blog, having been invited to by the lovely Isabel. Have a look here!
  7 weeks ago

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