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		<title>Planting Our First Crop of Potatoes</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/04/2010/planting-our-first-crop-of-potatoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally today we were planted our first crop of vegetables in our rabbit proof vegetable patch! How exciting is that!!   Already looking forward to eating the results!
We have got a number of varieties to plant including Maris Piper and King Edwards. We are also going to plant the non-raised beds with pots to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Raised Beds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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Having marked out the vegetable patch and sussed out that it would all fit (we even re-configured the layout to get a few more beds in) we have started to make our raised beds. Fortunately we have an &#8216;old-fashioned&#8217; wood yard up the road where we sourced our pressure-treated wood.
We ordered 12 ft x [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch!</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/03/2010/rabbit-proof-vegetable-patch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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We are very excited that at last we have the start of our vegetable patch! If you regularly follow out blog you will know that the Wildlife likes to strike back, so we have had to create Fort Knox to stop the fluffy bunnies (!) thinking we have created them a handy larder-cum-restaurant.

The enclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Willow Coppice is Planted!</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/02/2010/the-willow-coppice-is-planted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woo hoo! We have finished planting all of the Willows. In total there were 198!
In theory this means we should (in 5 years!) have our first seasoned wood to burn. Who knows, by then we might even have a wood burner or two to burn it in  
We now need to care for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting the Willow Coppice &#8211; Started!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last after weeks of hard work and slog, and contending with snow and ice we can finally start planting up the Willow Coppice!
It was as ever a family affair and the kids loved pushing the willow &#8216;twigs&#8217; into the holes and sinking in the cane beside it to hold up the rabbit guard. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Willow Coppicing Begin</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/02/2010/willow-coppicing-firewood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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We have always aspired to recycle as much as we can and ideally be self-sufficient. We seem to have made a slow start on the latter, but at last our plan to create our own coppice to sustain us with firewood has begun!
Today, following Tam&#8217;s careful plan, we marked out the 12 rows varying between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sloe Gin Recipe &#8211; progress</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2009/sloe-gin-recipe-progress-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2009/sloe-gin-recipe-progress-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I have my first post on the sloe gin recipe we have had a significant influx of visitors to the site, clearly there is a high demand for sloe gin this year!
I guess now we have started to have some ice on the cars in the morning the traditionalists who pick their sloes after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grow-your-own Butternut Squash</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2009/grow-your-own-butternut-squash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember that I have been trying to grow some veg without a proper veg patch this year (see here for previous posts on the subject)! Well, I recently harvested my butternut squash and thought you&#8217;d like to see them. In the end I had only 2 fruits (off a single plant), but those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sloe Progress &#8211; Gin Recipe</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2009/sloe-gin-recipe-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2009/sloe-gin-recipe-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in this post on of me trying to follow my first sloe gin recipe, I wanted to give you a progress report! I have been shaking the sloe gin every day since it was bottled, and it has now turned a very impressive colour.
The sugar took quite a few days to dissolve, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Made Sloe Gin and Recipe (Blackthorn/Prunus spinosa)</title>
		<link>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/09/2009/home-made-sloe-gin-recipe-blackthorn-prunus-spinosa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/09/2009/home-made-sloe-gin-recipe-blackthorn-prunus-spinosa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woo hoo! I am really excited (I know sad!) to share my first attempt at making home made Sloe Gin! We went for a walk on Sunday afternoon around the very quiet country roads around the village, something we have not really found enough time to do since we moved in, so it was great [...]]]></description>
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