Well, you asked me not to keep you in suspenders, this is the test piece for the jumper himself wants. We are happy with it. So all I need to do now is work out what size to knit up, probably make up a pattern, dye lots of wool. Card lots of wool. Blend lots [...]
Archive for February, 2011
jumper test
Posted in knitting, make it yourself, self-sufficiency, tagged knitting on 28 February 2011 | 4 Comments »
signs of spring
Posted in general wittering on 26 February 2011 | 7 Comments »
frogspawn (there were newts doing lewd things in that pond too!) snowdrops have been out a while first primrose seen in the green lane new shoots
sowing, planting and harvesting w/e 25/2
Posted in grow your own food, self-sufficiency, smallholding, vegetables, tagged seeds, sowing on 26 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
sowing: red cabbage – in propagator in greenhouse lettuce, mixed – in propagator in greenhouse broad beans express – in greenhouse pricking out: calabrese cauliflower harvested: leeks
beef beer and stilton pie
Posted in recipes on 25 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Seems bad timing to mention this recipe the same day they announce we should all cut our red meat to 70g a day. But, we usually have at least one egg based main meal a week, one veggie. The meat dishes are usually spread far with lots of added veg (my spag bol is more veg than [...]
just found…
Posted in house and home on 24 February 2011 | 1 Comment »
…we have a slate flagstone floor in the living room too. It’s under a layer of concrete alas. But it’s there. It will have to wait, as we have bigger DIY things to fret over for now. And I’m not sure I want to not have carpet in my living room.. but.. it is nice [...]
new knitting project
Posted in dyeing, knitting, make it yourself, self-sufficiency, spinning, tagged knitting, spinning, wool on 20 February 2011 | 9 Comments »
Last year, one of the goals for the year was to knit a jumper for each of us. I only managed one.. But have higher hopes for this year. Well we shall see. The problem with the jumper for himself, was settling on a colour. He wanted a jumper from our own wool, dyed ourselves, and hand [...]
sowing, planting harvesting w/e 18.2.11
Posted in grow your own food, vegetables, tagged seeds, sowing on 18 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
sowing: all in the greenhouse: Cauliflowers – in propagator continuing the broad beans express leeks autumn giant - in propagator leeks mussleborough in propagator spring greens in propagator harvesting: leeks
leek croustade
Posted in grow your own food, recipes, vegetables, tagged 52 in 2011 on 16 February 2011 | 2 Comments »
There are a few vegetables that you sow at the same time as you harvest last year’s – leeks are one of them. This (last) year has been our best year for leeks so far, and they are still good, despite the trying weather they have had to put up with, complete with being buried [...]
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