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 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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Lucy on January 5th, 2009

Well!
Birthday was nice but quiet. We spent the evening over at Mum’s playing trivial pursuit (I forced everyone because I love that game), eating Cadbury’s Roses, followed by a Chinese takeaway. Healthy! Generally though I had a really nice, relaxed evening. I was spoiled rotten by everyone, received lots of excellent presents including new spotty [...]

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Lucy on April 15th, 2008

On the allotment, I managed to inherit two large patches of rhubarb with some impressive crowns. I was actually surprised at how early you can harvest rhubarb, even without forcing it. See, I still have a lot to learn about growing veggies.
So off I trundled on Sunday, having decided that rhubarb crumble was on [...]

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