posted by Bonnie @ 9:27pm, Sunday 15 August 2010.
This was the view confronting me from our kitchen window this morning - a really damp August Saturday. To be honest I was glad - I feel bad spending a day inside during summer when the weather is nice. But today I had the perfect excuse to spend the whole day in the kitchen just doing jobs and drinking tea with people who popped in.
I had planned to go on a picnic with some friends from the Selfsufficientish forum at www.selfsufficientish.com/forum but it was rained off - we polished off the spinach and cheese quiche I had made for lunch instead.
I also spent the afternoon finishing off a winter skirt I had started weeks ago.
Oli took avantage of not being able to do anything outside and spent the whole day on the Xbox - a rare treat in our house. I can't moan though, he did make a lovely loaf which had plenty of rises so it was a really lovely texture. How nice to spend a day just pottering.
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posted by Bonnie @ 12:32pm, Saturday 14 August 2010.
This is how I like my garden - some kind folk might call it 'Cottage Garden' - but it is reallyjust a mess of brightly coloured plants competing for space!
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posted by Bonnie @ 10:49pm, Friday 13 August 2010.
We went to pick up our turkeys today!
We bought five from our local organic farmer - one for us, two as gifts and we will sell the other two to try and cover our costs. They are Large Whites, 4 weeks old, £6 each and only 6 inches high at the moment. To avoid the dreaded blackhead disease (which Chickens carry without problems but which is fatal to turkeys) we are avoiding keeping them anywhere that we have kept chickens during the last year. This meant the garage was out - so like any right thinking farmer we decided to put them in the study (!).
We set up the broody ring and ensured they had plenty of straw. Five minutes later they had jumped out and were running around the room, one getting stuck behind a bookcase. So, we reinforced the perimiter with chicken wire to above waist height. Five minutes later one had jumped out and was running around the room, with the others not far behind. They were also very noisy - we think it was because they felt claustrophobic in the broody ring.
Turkey Borstal was totally ineffective.
So, this morning we moved them to the porch area that we use as a greenhouse. They seem much happer as there is a lot more space to move about and there is no risk of escape - now - but one did manage to get through the broken catflap before we had time to block it up!
Probably plotting the next escape route.
Hard to believe that these little things will be Christmas dinner for six on December 25th :-(
And seeing as this blog is becomming more of a food diary than anything else, tonights offering:
It would have been nice to chop some coriander and lime into some whipped goats cheese to serve with the lamb, but until we get the goat....
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