Lucy on January 22nd, 2010

Well one of my resolutions was to post more on my blog. I’m sorry I haven’t kept up as much as I intended - I managed to break my laptop. And with Rich working morning, noon and night, it’s nigh on impossible to boot him off so I can write.
But here I am.
Ahhh Fridays. I [...]

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Lucy on January 3rd, 2010

2010 has arrived!
It’s still cold, too.

I had my birthday on New Year’s Eve. I turned 27. It felt a bit strange. 27 used to feel like half a lifetime away to me, and here I am, creeping up on my 30s. The thing is, the closer I get to 30, the less I start to [...]

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Lucy on September 6th, 2009

I’ve not been doing much on my Smallest Smallholding lately. Bit of grass cutting, tidying, tiny bit of weeding and raking up fallen plums and apples.
But one job I have been keen to do regularly is collect seeds. I can’t remember if I’d posted about this before (and I could just stop being incredibly lazy [...]

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Lucy on August 20th, 2009

Rich and I have been thinking about getting ourselves some bees. Well, why not? Our Smallest Smallholding is now void of hens, and we were thinking it would be good to get into something that would take us a little step further towards the good life. Bees seemed a good answer.
Although they do need regular [...]

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