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Popular Blagger posts of February 2010

February 28, 2010
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From knitting scarves to planting rhubarb, and from keeping poultry on scraps to taking our first home-made cheese out of the press, February has been a busy and rewarding month.

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I think our yoghurt has died

February 24, 2010
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Our first successful batch of yoghurt has come to its natural end. After six generations we took our eye off it for a little too long, and it’s gone bad. Time to go back to square one and start again.

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Stitch n Bitch by Debbie Stoller

February 12, 2010
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Stitch n Bitch is an excellent beginners’ guide to knitting, taking you through the process of identifying needles, choosing wool and casting on, all the way through to binding off your finished garment.

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Spring cleaning the greenhouse

February 1, 2010
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We’ve left it a long time to clean out the greenhouse after the end of the last growing season. Having now put all the dead tomato vines in the compost bin and recycled the compost into the plot, though, it feels good to know that it’s done.

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Popular Blagger posts of January 2010

January 31, 2010
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Missed any posts on Blagger this month. Here is our pick of the top posts for chicken keepers, cooks, yoghurt makers, book readers and more…

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My Dream Farm on Channel 4

January 20, 2010
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Channel 4 is launching My Dream Farm, fronted by ex-Gardeners’ World host Monty Don. It followed the trials and tribulations of six families who have traded the comfortable urban lives for a life of living and working on a farm.

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We try cheese

January 7, 2010
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After a chat at a party, we discover that our yoghurt is just one step away from cheese. We’ve decided to put the cold outhouse to good use and try our hand at separating the curds and whey.

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Food miles to be cut short?

January 5, 2010
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Wherever possible, we grow our own veg, and when we can’t we try to buy as locally as possible, but now the government looks set to ask us to think less about food miles and the environmental impact of global shopping.

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A year on the plot: another five highlights

January 4, 2010
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The second half of our review of the year just gone by sees us making our own cider, finally triumphing with yoghurt and reviving a 150-year-old recipe for still lemonade.

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A year on the plot: five highlights

January 3, 2010
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From keeping chickens to growing vegetables and brewing our own wine and beer, it’s been an interesting and educational year on the plot. Here are our top five highlights.

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