Well, far too hot to do any cooking today, or anything at all really, but it was cooler earlier in the week & I made the last of our homegrown SanRosa plums into some delish Spiced Plum Jam. Was wonderful on pikelets. I found the recipe online & I made it in the microwave.. easy! […]
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Posted in Kids, Recipes on Jan 21st, 2011
My boys are going a bit stir crazy as the holiday stretches on so I’ve made them some Playdough. Even my teenagers like to join in! I got this recipe from the local Playcentre & it’s better than any others I’ve tried: 2 cups flour 1/2 cup salt 2 cups water 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil […]
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Posted in Crafts, Recipes on Dec 25th, 2010
Whew.. made it through another Christmas &, for once, I managed not to eat so much that I felt sick The day was not without a little disappointment… the strong winds made it too unpleasant to take the boys & their new blow up boat to the river but we’ll save that adventure for […]
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Posted in cooking, Recipes, Vegetable Growing on Sep 13th, 2010
When I was a teenager, I had a friend who regularly used the expression “I’m not waiting until the rhubarb season”. My dad never grew rhubarb so I didn’t understand just when this ‘rhubarb season’ was… well.. I can tell you.. it is now! Having given my rhubarb bed a very generous dressing of sheep […]
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Posted in Orchard, Recipes, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
Just wanted to add a couple of pictures of my last batch .. to tempt you (“,)
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Posted in Orchard, Recipes on Apr 19th, 2010
There were a few specimen trees on our property when we arrived. They had been planted quickly before sale to make the place look a bit more appealing. 2 of them are crab apple trees. We moved them in their second year, digging out a good size hole for them & putting lots of donkey […]
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