Lucy on April 15th, 2008

I’m sitting here with a big fat headache, and I think I must look like a right old grump.
I had to do a dash outside into the FREEZING COLD (when *will* this winter end properly?!) haily-slushy-rain to grab the washing. I’d completely forgotten about it until I’d gone to put the hens to bed, and [...]

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Lucy on April 13th, 2008

Ok, I have been tagged by Jo from Little Ffarm Dairy to answer a few questions. So here goes:
What Was I Doing 10 Years Ago?

10 years ago I would have been a 15 year old in Year 10 at school, studying towards my GCSEs. I was living in a 1960s bubble (bedroom decoration, clothes, music, [...]

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Lucy on April 11th, 2008

THIS WEEK, I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN MAKING COMPOST!
Rich finally managed to finish making our new wooden compost bin. It’s HUGE! I have no idea what the capacity is, but it’s around 120cm in width and length, and 120cm tall at the back. I’m rubbish at maths, so I’m sure that there’s someone out there that [...]

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Lucy on April 8th, 2008

My mother informs me that this year the price of onions is set to increase a fair amount. I think this is in part due to last year’s soggy summer, which proved a blight for onion growers. My Hercules onions that I grew last year were utterly fantastic - bursting with flavour and so sweet [...]

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