Lucy on January 28th, 2009

Oh chit!
Sorry, it had to be done.
Yes, I’ve already started chitting these second early Charlotte potatoes. Actually, I bought them a couple of weeks ago and put them out to chit a few days after. I wanted to improve on last year’s efforts - I bought three or so bags of seed potatoes, proceeded to [...]

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Lucy on January 17th, 2009

Excuse me whilst I try to remain upright. No, I haven’t drunk too much. But is it just a *tad* windy out there…I know this because despite being cocooned inside my house, the windows are madly rattling and I can hear a great gale tunnelling down the side of the house. Hopefully it’ll reside by [...]

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Lucy on January 12th, 2009

It’s fair to say that since I left school at 18, I’ve been living on a budget. Of sorts. I worked for two years before entering the world of Studentom for 3 years whilst I studied for my degree. It was during this time that I mostly racked up a LOT of debt. I’m not [...]

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Lucy on January 8th, 2009

After I sent this particular recipe to a friend today, it prompted me to share with Smallest Smallholding readers! It’s one of my favourite cakes to bake, as it’s exceedingly quick and easy to make, as well as the fact that I am a wholehearted champion of chickpeas. Being vegetarian, for me they’re a great [...]

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