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by | May 26, 2012

Mmmm – summer’s here!

We are making the most of the wonderful sunny weather that we have just now – it’s such a contrast to this time last week I can hardly believe it. I did some washing yesterday and it seemed bizarre to … Continue reading →

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by | April 28, 2012

Recipe: Rhubarb and Cranberry Preserve

Our rhubarb, including all the bits of divided crown we planted last year, is doing really well – no doubt helped by all this dreadful RAIN… I made some of our favourite Citrussy Rhubarb Jam (a sort of cross between jam and … Continue reading →

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by | March 16, 2012

Bacon: The Moment of Truth

Don’t worry, the title isn’t a reference to the recent meat panic across our media (which seemed to me to deserve a better headline, along the lines of ‘Balanced Diet Is Good For You Shock’), but to the happy occasion … Continue reading →

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by | March 10, 2012

Make your own Bacon

We’re not entirely new to salting pork, as we’ve mentioned here before, but what we’ve ended up with has definitely been to boil as salt pork or to put into stews as a flavouring ingredient, rather than the kind of … Continue reading →

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