We need a medium-sized, folding picnic table on which to display our brochures, business cards and other material at the Turriff Show. It needs to be fairly substantial and useable in the future as a picnic table. I could go and buy a £14.99 Chinese-made, flimsy picnic table from Asda or Tesco but that […]
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Archive | July, 2008
Libraries need to lift their game
31 July, 2008 
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If you go into any reasonably large town or city in the UK, the chances are you’ll find a couple of major bookstores with a broad selection of stock—if somewhat over commercial for some tastes, a lively atmosphere, possibly a cafe and a diverse crowd of customers. They might be part of major chains and […]
Read moreStill processing rhubarb
30 July, 2008 7 Comments
We’re still working our way through our forest of rhubarb, but have switched from making jam to making chutney instead. This 4.5kg (10lb) batch of chutney uses our favourite rhubarb chutney recipe from Mary Norwak’s Farmhouse Kitchen. It’s a thick, slightly sweet, lightly spiced chutney that is excellent with roast pork, on bacon sandwiches, and […]
Read moreMoney in, money out
29 July, 2008 14 Comments
Two customers came to collect their butchered half sides of pork today, which meant we were £200 richer for about 15 minutes. Then I had to return to reality and head into the village. First, I had to pay the butcher for cutting up the pigs—£10 gone.
Read moreSuper-sized pig
29 July, 2008 6 Comments
Dolores, our most irritating but somewhat loveable Berkshire sow, was supposed to farrow three weeks ago. She was served by the boar 115 days before that, missed her cycle and filled out as expected. Four weeks ago, Dolores started nesting and tried to chase the other pigs out of the arc so we brought her […]
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