There was a time when we had 10 hens that laid every day. That was 70 eggs, without fail, every week. Week in, week out. At that stage, we were a small family of three and there are only so many eggs that we could eat. I gave lots away, […]
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Back to the past
It rained today. I managed to finish preparing the soil in the extended kitchen garden bed. I would have planted it up today, but rain stopped play. I don’t mind gardening in the drizzle, but when it rains proper, the soil gets too sticky and my boots end up twice […]
Read moreDisaster cookies and a beach walk
These cookies may look innocent enough, but they are not nice. I’m not even going to get them out of the tin for the photo. I spent part of this morning catching up with a bit of baking. I used a recipe that I had cut out of a magazine […]
Read moreEaster chicks, rabbits, eggs and brussel sprouts!
It is a beautiful sunny day today. Started the morning with pancakes in the shape of rabbits. I prefer my eggs disguised. Next up were my finished egg cosies from the March The Children’s Year CraftAlong 2010. I made three and put little chocolate eggs in them and the children […]
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