Category Archives: Smallholding

High protein apple juice?

Posted on October 10, 2026 by james

It seems as though high protein foods are the height of dietary fashion at the moment, regardless of the fact that our western diet means that most people probably eat more protein than they need anyhow. I think I can … Continue reading →

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It’s a record!

Posted on October 10, 2026 by james

Heaviest of the year so far… I’ll try not to eat it all at once 😀

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Nooo!

Posted on October 10, 2026 by james

A branch of one of my Jalapeño chiles snapped off completely, I assume under the load of all the chiles growing on it. Worse still, two of the fruit were ones I was intending to collect seed from, but they … Continue reading →

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It’s all in the press

Posted on October 10, 2026 by james

There have been plenty of apples go through the crusher in the last week or so. If I’m honest it’s been bloody hard work. Last year I could easily manage two hundred bottles a day and if I pushed myself … Continue reading →

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They don’t stop coming…

Posted on September 30, 2026 by james

Yes, more tomatoes 😀 And a cucumber for a bit of variation.

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Well, that explains all the noise

Posted on September 30, 2026 by james

coming from the chicken runs earlier. The egg on the right is extra large. The one on the left is… well… I don’t know… Emu?

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Speidel hydropress bladder replacement

Posted on September 30, 2026 by james

At least, for the older forty litre model. In spite of other plans, today mostly turned into a day of fixing things. The most complex one was replacement of the failed neoprene bladder in said Speidel forty litre hydropress which … Continue reading →

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Disaster!

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

When I went to collect the harvest from the polytunnel today I discovered that one of the Jalapeño pepper plants had lost a limb! It had completely snapped off with its load of peppers including the two that I’d tagged … Continue reading →

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Another pepper harvest

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

Some sweet peppers, some chiles. Wonderful range of colours. I love it.

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It’s Tomato Monday once again!

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

And here’s the latest picture of my plentiful polytunnel produce. There do seem to be quite a few cherry tomatoes. I grow them to eat fresh, but there are so many more that aren’t ripe yet that perhaps I’ll have … Continue reading →

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