A quick dip into the dry, dry sand of the new garden produced a small harvest of Pink Eye Potatoes that were an initial planting when we started the garden bed. These complimented the sausages we cooked for our dinner with DIG. The garden is growing well, adorned with frogs and dahlias and lots of … Continue reading Petite Récolte
So we're two thirds through Spring and after being out of action for a few days I was ready to set a new course. I wasn't sure how to articulate this to the rest of the family, so I just started to do it anyway. I guess you could say it was a bit of … Continue reading Spring Cleaning
Our clucky bantam was put to good use with some Barnevelder eggs bought from the last poultry auction. These chicks are our transition chicks. They'll get to forage in our garden here before we move them on to the new garden at Tillellan in - hopefully - a few weeks. Out of a half dozen … Continue reading Spring Chicks
My generation - Gen-X - and subsequent generations have been raised eating food from a can, a glass jar, a packet of powder mixed up and microwaved. Or from various fast food outlets and some that pretend not to be fast food outlets. When you see this stuff as a kid it becomes a part … Continue reading The Re-Invention of Real Food
Some observations I really wanted to put down in writing today, before it becomes tomorrow... There are more cicadas calling now. It makes me happy to hear them. The big, green crickets have started calling too. I'm sorry, but BIG, GREEN CRICKET is about as scientifically-speechified as I can be at the moment. I'll update … Continue reading Captured Observations
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