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Rear your own turkey for Christmas

October 22, 2009
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If you want to rear your own back-yard turkey in time for Christmas, now is the time to find your bird and start fattening it up.

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Christmas hampers

December 25, 2008

Christmas hampersWe snuck out early this morning, before anyone else’s lights were on, and delivered four hampers of home-made gifts to the neighbours’ doorsteps. With jams, chutneys, wine, beer and eggs from the chooks there should be enough to keep them going over the festive period.

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How to make mince pies, the easy way

December 15, 2008

2008-mince-pies-thumbnail.jpgMince pies are one of the best things about Christmas, and with so many cheap and good quality jars of mincemeat to choose from, you can easily make your own and tailor them to your own requirements. It’s cheap, too.

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Home-made Christmas cards

November 19, 2008

Planning on making your own Christmas cards this year? This site of templates for making 3D pop-up greetings could be all the inspiration you need.

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Christmas presents… already

November 13, 2008

Every time we’ve bottled or preserved something over the last few months, we’ve made a few extras for the neighbours. Not for now, but for a secret midnight raid we’re going to do, dropping off baskets of surprises on their doorsteps to be found on Christmas morning.

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