Posted in general wittering, recipes, tagged st george's day, Devon on 23 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
Don’t normally celebrate St George’s day - not particularly. After all.. we eat a lot of typically English food already etc.
I was pondering what I could cook… I googled and found one supermarket suggesting we make things with tomatoes and courgettes. Obviously, at this time of year, they would be imported tomatoes and courgettes.. which [...]
Posted in livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged sheep; lambing on 22 April 2008 | No Comments »
Moved the two ewes-who-have-no-intention-of-lambing into the field with Sharona and her lamb, Rogan, today. No choice really: out of grass in the orchard, and so the flock is back together.. only now are four. This came as a bit of a surprise to the two girls and to Rogan the lamb, he wanted to play.. they [...]
Posted in grow your own food, self-sufficiency, vegetables, tagged sowing; seeds on 21 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
is mostly what I have been doing lately. We have a big slug problem, it being a damp and mild place to live, and so I try to start most things off in the greenhouse, and give them a head start. Of course a lot of plants have to be sown in frost free conditions [...]
Posted in chickens, grow your own food, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, tagged chickens; chicks; sheep; lambs on 20 April 2008 | No Comments »
Stunning how fast Rogan is growing.. mind you he has all the milk to himself, and is eating grass and vegetation now. It’s a real shame he does not have any other lambs to play with.. shame for Sharona his mum too.. as he has to jump on and harrass her! Today he was happy [...]
Posted in livestock, make it yourself, sheep, tagged knitting, lambing, sheep on 19 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s been three weeks. Three weeks ago we were sitting in front of the fire on a cold wintry day, himself spinning, me knitting, when the lambing began, and with that spring popped into place. Today it popped out again, and back into winter. April often seems like that: the fight between winter and spring. [...]
Posted in grow your own food, house and home, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, vegetables, tagged sowing, vegetables on 18 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
We found a jackdaw in our bedroom. Most odd. Not, that is, finding a jackdaw inside.. that has been a fairly regular occurrence in our lives, in our last house and this. The jackdaws build their nests on the chimney pots, and when the junior jackdaws start to take their first steps, they often fall [...]
Posted in home education on 17 April 2008 | 5 Comments »
OK, this is a controversial subject.. The subject on whether to allow visits from the local authority (LA) divides the the home ed community.
When we first started to educate at home, we did everything correct and open - we had to really, my son was at school, and we had to deregister officially. Our decision [...]
Posted in self-sufficiency on 16 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got my copy of this new book, The self sufficientish Bible, by Andy and Dave Hamilton, in the post today Yay! I have been a long time frequenter of the Self Sufficientish forums a nice friendly place where other people understand your excitement over the first tomato of the season, share advice and experiences.
As for the book.. well [...]
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