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January Journey 13 Jan 2012 | 01:19 am
In case airports aren’t confusing enough, they put a man in the way of their signs. In a parallel world where toothpaste is definitely a liquid, sir and your multiple metal crowns earn you a brisk rub...
A long post for the shortest day 21 Dec 2011 | 09:02 pm
Sorry for the slight delay in posting! It’s been a befuddling time on the farm since we last spoke. Big changes have taken place in this household, most of them positive but all of them very distracti...
The Last Post ( 1 day to go…) 31 May 2011 | 03:43 pm
Time’s up! The countdown is complete. Thanks to a big push over the last couple of weeks, there are now bottles and bottles of elderflower cordial in the fridge and jar upon jar of strawberry jam on t...
Retrospective (12 days to go…) 19 May 2011 | 06:58 pm
I became 44 the other day. It’s surprisingly hard to take a day off when every day is a day off from doing things you don’t like. To achieve a complete contrast to the norm, I suppose I could have don...
I am a peasant (19 days to go…) 13 May 2011 | 02:37 am
My promise to eat from our land from June 1st has worked wonders. On countless occasions it’s got me outside when I was too tired, uninspired or downright lethargic to contemplate it under any other c...
Strawberry season (22 days to go…) 10 May 2011 | 05:15 am
Some things didn’t like August in April. I planted hundreds of broad beans in October for nothing. And the peas sown at the same time are looking pallid and weedy. But, for some reason, none of this s...
Anyone for dock pudding? (25 days to go…) 7 May 2011 | 05:14 am
I’ve not even started yet and it’s apparent this subsistence thing is like crossing a big, hungry river on wobbly stepping stones. I’m sure it’s all the same flow in reality, but it helps my brain to ...
A breather (32 days to go…) 1 May 2011 | 02:04 am
A peek in the greenhouse would confirm it. We’ve arrived at another of those watershed moments in the peasant’s gardening calendar. The kales, cabbages, brussels and cauliflowers are either planted ou...
Stop gap solution (36 days to go..) 26 Apr 2011 | 08:11 am
Sometimes it feels like water, time and cash are the same substance. They all flow (generally in one direction – away!). They’re easy to take for granted, until scarcity requires you to be more resour...
Bean pole challenge (40 days to go…) 22 Apr 2011 | 03:04 am
Brought to you with the help of Ben Short, frequent commenter on this blog – who has been staying in the gite with his lovely family this week – I humbly present our interpretation of the patented McC...
