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Laying Out the Vegetable Patch

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

So, the rabbit-proof fencing has been finished and we have been making progress on the vegetable patch, hoping to plant our first crops in time for this year! I have spent more hours than I care to confess to in designing the layout of the veg patch, drawing scale plans of the raised beds and making a detailed crop rotation plan for the patch once it is fully established (more on that another time!). I guess all that makes me a little bit ’sad’ but I have really enjoyed it, and as the saying goes, it’s all in the preparation! (more…)

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Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch

Rabbit Proof Vegetable Patch

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.

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Grow-your-own Butternut Squash

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Butternut SquashYou 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’d like to see them. In the end I had only 2 fruits (off a single plant), but those 2 have done OK and, for my first attempt and considering they were grown in an old sink (!), I’m pretty chuffed! (more…)

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Sloe Progress – Gin Recipe

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Sloe Gin Recipe Progress

Sloe Gin Recipe Progress

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 to start with there was this incredible shimmering within the bottle where the alcohol was increasing in strength due to the sugar.

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Sloe Gin Recipe

Monday, September 21st, 2009
Sloes - (Blackthorn / Prunus spinosa)

Sloes - (Blackthorn / Prunus spinosa)

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 to get out.

Not wanting to miss an opportunity I took a bag with me just in case I came across some sloes. I had almost given up hope until I spotted some hiding away in a hedgerow. So we all dived in and picked about a pound and a half. Now some people would say they should not be picked until after the first frost. BUT it has been so dry here, my fear if I leave it that late the sloes will have shrivelled up like raisins!

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