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Aug
27
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The fun and the unfun


I had a couple of days off this week – to do some fun stuff and some less than fun stuff. First off, one with a picture illustration (even if it is just a quick phone camera snap), I added a quick-and-easy new perch to the chicken run and Blue took to it immediately. I [...]

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Aug
23
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Wild plum/cherry plum jam recipe


So last week, we went fishing for fruit on the mystery fruit tree outside our kitchen window. We collected 5.5kg of the plum-ish fruit, probably sacrificed as much the floor gods, and there is still a fair bit up there (albeit not terribly accessible). We’re not sure if they’re wild plum or cherry plum as [...]

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Aug
20
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Fixing runny/solid jam and reusing marrow & squash leaves


Just a quick heads up that over on Recycle This, we’ve had a few relevant posts this week. Yesterday, I asked how to fix jam that was too runny or too solid – and lots of other jam related reuse/recycle questions. And today I’m asking about reuses for marrow & squash leaves, other than just [...]

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Aug
16
2

A few days off


I’ve just had a few days offline to clear my head a bit – I spent a lot of time reading, resting & DSing so it wasn’t as productive as four days off work usually is, but there are a few things to report: Massive egg update The supersized chicken egg we got on Monday [...]

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