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Time to clean the greenhouse windows

March 1, 2011
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Spring may be on the way, but it’s not quite time to be planting in the plot. We’re busy preparing for the growing season, though, starting with a thorough clean of the greenhouse glass.

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Yoghurt killer

February 6, 2011

A long time away from yoghurt making has seen us forget the most basic rules of the craft, with predictably poor results.

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The redcurrant jelly disaster

August 16, 2010
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Taking my eye off a pan of stewing fruit proved disastrous. The long and the short of it is the loss of a crop… and no jelly for our toast this autumn.

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We find a dead fox in the garden

July 4, 2010

A dead fox in next door’s garden caused an almighty stench out by the chicken run. Unfortunately that was the least of our problems, though, as we’re looking after our neighbours’ house.

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A steady supply of home-baked bread

June 23, 2010
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A weekly gift of a loaf of freshly home-baked bread is doing much to enhance our breakfasts, and proving to be highly inspirational.

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How to Live a Simple Life

June 22, 2010
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BBC2′s How to Live a Simple Life posed a simple question: can you live for most of a year without any money? Peter Owen-Jones surrendered his wallet in an attempt to find out.

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Our first rhubarb of the year

June 19, 2010
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Our rhubarb is still maturing very slowly, as it’s only its first year in the garden. With that in mind, the offer of some dead cheap rhubarb sticks on the market was just too good to pass up.

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Popular Blagger posts of May 2010

May 30, 2010
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May was a month of getting produce back in the plot in time for this year’s growing season. It was also the month we said goodbye to one of the longest serving members of our little home flock.

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Our unproductive flowers prove strangely rewarding

May 22, 2010
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The only flowers we used to grow were sunflowers and marigolds, because they were both productive and useful. This year’s foray into purely decorative blooms is proving rewarding, though.

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Popular Blagger posts of April 2010

May 1, 2010
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April was a month of successes as we opened the first bottle of our homemade plum wine and cut into the round of cheese that we had been maturing in the outhouse.

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