Recently I cooked up the last of the dried beans we harvested last season. A lot of our dry beans went into batches of bean soup but I wanted to cook the black beans, ready to use in other things. I’m wanting to get more into the habit of cooking dried beans and storing them … More So Many Beans
Towards the end of Level 4 lockdown we turned our attention to food things. This was a good idea since The Husband had to go back to work at Level 3. After that the days became a blur of looking after two kids and making sure we were all fed and clothed. The Little Fulla … More Hello Food, Hello Spring, Hello Chicks
When you’re looking after a newborn baby there are some things that you really appreciate. A lot of them are simple things that you just appreciate more because of the busy, tiring time that you’re in. In the first few weeks, and sometimes even now, when we ask each other what our favourite part of … More A Few of my Favourite Things in New Baby Season
Chickens I was rejoicing that Morpheus had gone broody. The very next morning I found that there were two broody hens in nestboxes. The second one was Penny Black, who had taken up residence downstairs. She goes broody quite frequently but hasn’t been tested with eggs yet. That night I found three broody hens in … More Well, That Escalated Quickly, And I’m Not Talking About a Virus
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