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Category Archives: Smallholding
No buts, it’s got to be butter
Obviously there’s some concern about ultra-processed food at the moment which would include margarine and similar products, so out of interest I thought I’d have a go at making butter myself, particularly as someone else I knew had managed to … Continue reading
A beast of a cabbage
Yes, that is grammes.
Well pickle my jalapenos!
And call me Susan, if you must.
The real cost of supermarket eggs
For well over fifteen years now, we have kept a few rare breed chickens hatched from eggs to supply our family with fresh eggs. If you’ve never had the opportunity to eat such eggs then it may be hard to … Continue reading
I’ll get the wheelbarrow
Or perhaps even a forklift might be required for this second early (Charlotte) potato 😀
Will the real Newcastle Brown please stand up?
My son asked if we could brew a Newcastle Brown clone and I managed to find a recipe online so decided to give it a go. This is one pint of the clone and one of genuine Newcastle Brown. Looks … Continue reading
A new chicken house design
We’ve had our current chicken houses for at least fifteen years and they’re really starting to look tired now. I’d been mulling over designing my own for a while because the style I’d used previously turned out to have a … Continue reading
More confused plants
These photos were taken at the start of October. Ripe, ready-to-pick beans on the plants and, err, flowers?
I think these might be a bit past eating
Not much chance of recovering the potatoes with the shoots intact either. One for the compost heap… I suspect they may need to be kept somewhere colder.
Flowers for cutting
I’ve played with creating a cutting garden over the last couple of years, but this year I’m definitely committed to it. In part that might mean creating another bed, but that’s probably not a major deal as we have one … Continue reading