Is it still too early to be talking about Christmas? Family members have been asking us for gift ideas for months, some people have finished their shopping and the Christmas…
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We were delighted, this weekend, to come home from the National Honey Show with an armful of awards! We’ve had a bumper crop of honey, due to all the lovely…
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‘Garden as though you will live forever.’* *William Kent I love the thought of gardening as an investment for generations, a legacy for the future. I often look at the…
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‘It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.’* *B C Forbes ‘Are you a Farmer?’ asked a young boy…
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‘I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam,’* *The Newbeats And good job too as we’ve been on a mighty baking-fest these last couple of weeks… Regular readers will…
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‘A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.’* *Winnie The Pooh September is always busy on the smallholding; it’s our main…
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‘But if there aren’t lots of bees then there won’t be any honey.’ * *Winnie the Pooh Honey bees have been in the news a lot recently and, unfortunately, not…
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‘The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.’* *Yotam Ottolenghi So true, Yotam, so true, and as our last post was all about strawberries,…
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‘Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.’* *Henry James Like children gazing out of the window into the…
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‘A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.’* *Kin Hubbard I normally do tend to pack a lot into my time,…