Well, that’s another year just about done and dusted. We’ve done another turn around the sun, had a rather wet year topped and tailed by two hard winters, managed to get in just enough vegetables to keep us going, lost a bit on the pigs, broken even on the poultry, got many, many thorough coatings [...]
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Final sunrise of 2009
31 December, 2009
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When the sun rose to start the final day of 2009 it shone over hedges and fields shrouded in the last, genuinely heavy, snowfall of the year as well. It was an appropriate way to tend the year on the croft—cold and hard but still bright.
Read moreHappy New Year – I think…
31 December, 2007
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I know I’m expected to write something about the rollover from one year to the next, but there’s a problem. I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, so I can’t write about mine and I certainly don’t want to write about other people’s. I don’t do a year in review. I spent too many years churning [...]
Read moreFestive baking
21 December, 2007
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We had a very busy day yesterday with much baking to do on top of the croft chores. One of the most important things, in the boys’ opinions, was making the Hogmanay cake for when the first footers come calling. After trying a few rich Christmas cake recipes in past years, we’ve now settled on [...]
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