Make Your Own Cereal Bars
on Nov 19, 2009 in cereal bars baking recipes Have you seen the price of cereal bars? I know they're not the most exciting foodie must have. But lots of us buy them, they're great for childrens' lunch boxes, and make good breakfast on the run for adults, and like lots of processed food, they're...

Chicken Liver Pate
on Nov 17, 2009 in Hubbards chicken liver pate table chickens recipes I received my thirteen chickens back from Sid yesterday, and I was amazed to find that I have no less than 75 lbs of beautiful free range chicken, ready to go in the freezer. The birds ranged in size from seven and a half pounds down to four and...

D Day
on Nov 14, 2009 in Hubbards table chickens At last Sid has judged my Hubbard table chickens fit for despatch. They are 21 weeks old, so about half as long again as I had originally planned. He will be coming round late this afternoon to do the deed. I will not be giving the birds any addition...

Brazilian Christmas Cake
on Nov 10, 2009 in baking cake christmas recipes  I wanted to try something a bit different from the usual rich dark fruit cake this year, so if you fancy a change, try this boozy version of a carrot cake, inspired by my trip to Brazil. Many people find a traditional christmas cake a bit too muc...

A Tall Poppy?
on Nov 9, 2009 in wildflowers organic I went out into the garden yesterday to take a couple of photos of the very pregnant lady who is living in the next field.. Lovely isn't she? She isn't mine but I go out to take her carrots and apples every morning, and yesterday, as I had my camer...

The Three Tenors
on Nov 8, 2009 in Hubbards table chickens Of the thirteen Hubbard chickens that I am raising for the table, there are I think four or five cockerels, which isn't a problem, until they grow up - and start to crow. These three are the biggest of the bunch  and have clearly decided to embark...

on Nov 5, 2009Pheasant Visitor This handsome chap has visited the garden several times recently, he strolls about in a rather vague way as though he's looking for something - maybe another pheasant - the chickens don't seem to take any notice of him. And...

Christmas preparations
on Nov 4, 2009 in christmas recipes Well it's November now, so I can start Christmas preparations without too much apology.  In fact  I usually do these dried fruit items in October, but I've been away so much of the last few weeks that there hasn't been time. Until now. So it's Chri...

Pears
on Oct 31, 2009Have you ever seen Eddie Izzard talking about pears? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5a0ucs8kQ He's so right - you do the test squeezy squeezy thing, and they sit there in the bowl hard as rocks, waiting conspiratorially for you to go out of the r...

Hubbard Table Chickens - Another Reprieve!
on Oct 21, 2009 in Hubbards table chickens Oh dear, Sid called in to inspect the Hubbard table chickens, and has prounounced them still not fat enough!  So I have to keep feeding them as much as possible and he's coming back in another couple of weeks or so. They are certainly getting quit...