Posted in general wittering, grow your own food, self-sufficiency on 31 December 2007 | No Comments »
As I write this, the earth turns and the new year has started in various parts of the year already. I could get a phone call from the future!
Which of course shows what a nonsense it all is, an arbitrary number badly calculated, a time of year that of course was trying to be on [...]
Posted in general wittering on 29 December 2007 | No Comments »
a few years ago, when friends from New Zealand were living next door,we went on a day trip down to Cornwall to see the men an tol. It’s a fascinating standing stone structure consisting of two standing stones, with a ring shaped stone standing in between.
It was really special and well worth a visit. It [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, recipes on 28 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ham trimmings are cubed and frozen, the bone boiled for hours and the stock set aside for pea soup.
The turkey taken apart and the traditional turkey curry consumed, and the carcase boiled for soup and stew.
Chestnut stuffing was wizzed and shaped into burgers and frozen for another day.
And the cat has done well out of [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, grow your own food, livestock, make it yourself, recipes, self-sufficiency on 27 December 2007 | No Comments »
I admire those that have bumped off their own turkey/goose/ chicken for Christmas dinner. We are a long way away from providing that much by ourselves, but then I realised we did do a reasonable amount.
The red cabbage and parsnips were ours, the bread that went into the bread sauce, and made the melba toast [...]
Posted in being greener, frugal living, general wittering, home education, self-sufficiency on 26 December 2007 | No Comments »
boxing day brings our annual mummers play down at the pub, where we meet with friends dressed up in fancy dress put together at the last minute, to act out a mummers play. Then we follow with playing music. Tis proper.. keeping traditions and making our own entertainment.. (self sufficiency at its best) certainly better [...]
Posted in general wittering, make it yourself on 24 December 2007 | No Comments »
across a lot of Europe, the big exciting day is in fact Christmas eve, not Christmas day, as it in in the UK. Some distant relatives of mine still have the tradition of swapping presents after returning from midnight mass, and Christmas day is just a day for sleeping it all off and relaxing, much [...]
Posted in frugal living, make it yourself, recipes, self-sufficiency on 23 December 2007 | No Comments »
I love my woodburning stove, and on the big list of reasons why, chestnuts is one of them. The flat top is a perfect place to roast chestnuts - just line them up, wait a while, turn them, and peel. How long depends on how hot the woodburner is, but you get an eye for [...]
Posted in livestock, recipes, self-sufficiency on 23 December 2007 | No Comments »
another of our chickens have come into lay, as there were four eggs this morning, two white, as usual, and 2 blue. So that must be the buff leghorn and cream legbar giving us eggs. The blue eggs are lovely to look at.
And yesterday we cooked our ham, the one himself carried round in his [...]
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