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Popular Blagger posts of March 2010

March 31, 2010
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March was a busy month on the plot and in the kitchen. We started planting this year’s seeds, introduced three new chickens to our home flock and finally baked some sourdough bread we are happy to eat.

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How to use rooting powder

March 29, 2010
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After two small branched got broken off our money tree we decided to re-pot them so that we could grow ourselves a couple of new plants. The best way to start of a cutting is with rooting powder. Here’s how.

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Flowers. Yes, really – flowers

March 28, 2010
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After a successful day of planting tomatoes yesterday, I spent today planting flowers for the very first time since moving into this house. Fortunately we didn’t have to give over any of the plot to make room for them.

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Success with the sourdough bread

March 23, 2010
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Our second attempt at baking sourdough bread was more successful than the first, but the results were still nit as light and airy as we had hoped. We suspect that it’s all down to inadequate proving.

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Mixed results from the sourdough mix

March 21, 2010
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Our first sourdough bread was flatter and denser than we had been expecting, but we’ve worked out why and reckon that next time around we should have it sorted. It still tasted good, though.

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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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