The mould on our cheese

February 22, 2010
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Our home made cheese has now been ageing for a week and is starting to show mould spots on the surface. We can wipe them away with kitchen roll, but would we do better to let them form a decent skin on the surface?

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Now I’m knitting a blanket

February 20, 2010
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After the success of the home-knit scarf I’ve turned my hand to a blanket in three colours: red, blue and knocked back green. It’s going well, but my squares do seem to vary depending on what’s on TV.

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The chickens lay a rubber egg

February 19, 2010
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One of our chickens has laid an egg with a soft shell that did not form properly inside its body. It was very soft and rubbery – so much so that we could safely squeeze it without the malformed shell breaking.

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We’ve planted a redcurrant bush

February 16, 2010
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After planting a redcurrant bush we have counted up the different fruits we are growing and found that we are at ten. Not bad going for a very small plot. It should make for some tasty jams over the next few years.

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Planting a lingonberry plant

February 15, 2010
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We are growing our own lingonberry plant so that we can use the cranberry-like fruits in pies and cakes. Unfortunately our plant is very small, so it may take a while to mature.

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The cheese is out of the press!

February 14, 2010
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After a week of turning, pressing and rewrapping our cheese we have finally taken it out of the press and now need to store it for between four and ten weeks in the outhouse while it matures.

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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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Our 2010 seeds have arrived

February 11, 2010
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The seeds for this summer’s crops have arrived, with a few weeks to spare. Although we are still waiting for our seed potatoes and the will need chitting, most of our crops don’t need starting until March.

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I’ve finished my scarf

February 10, 2010
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Switch to a thicker yarn and you can knit much quicker. In just three hours I managed to knit myself a lovely chunky scarf to seem me through the rest of winter.

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Making cheese, day two

February 9, 2010
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Remarkably – because I really wan’t all that sure it would work – the cheese starter has been a success. We now have far, far more than we need. A litre, to be precise, which is 1000ml. And how much did we need? 7.5ml.
We knew it was ready because of the way it looked. Shaking [...]

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