Photo Friday - Rhiwargor Waterfall

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November in the Chicken Coop

This month our hens have been.... ... not laying. That's right, not one single egg all month. It started with the moulting which should cause them to have a short break (making feathers and eggs is hard work on a hen) but we're coming to the conclusion that the shorter days and the cold weather might be influencing things as well. They seem otherwise healthy and we didn't get any eggs this time last...

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Feed the Birds, Tuppence a Bag

We enjoy watching the birds out the window so it will be no surprise to find out we have two bird feeders. Every so often they need fully dismantling and cleaning. Its a quick job once you have done it a couple of times so I thought I would show you how easy it is to do (this one is a 15 inch Droll Yankee feeder - like this one). Step 1: Realise your feeder needs cleaning. If the seed is growing...

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Photo Friday

Our cabbages may be weedy this year but they can still make a reasonable photo. ...

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November in the Garden - Preparing for Winter

It is the time of year when, as a commuter, I need to get up 5 minutes earlier. Winter is firing its first warning shots and the car needs a light frost scraping before I can use it. We have only had a couple but its a cue to get the tender plants inside before a true frost arrives and prepare for the coming cold. We shut up our conservatory for the winter so it makes and excellent place to overwinter...

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Honey Glazed Gammon

There is something warming about a roast gammon joint that makes it ideal for a special occasion in winter. Roast gammon needs little more introduction! This post has been scheduled for some time on joe-in-the-kitchen.blogspot.com but as that is now mothballed I felt it should be pulled to here. Sorry for the white balance on some of the photos - my photography has improved significantly in the past...

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Photo Friday - Cromer

My little sister at the beach in Crom...

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Garden Blogger Blooms Day - November

Everything in the garden is starting to look a little sorry for itself at the moment. Anything left from the flowers that have flourished in previous months are looking dog-eared and windswept, the grass is overly long and the weeds are taking over. There is one exception, the star of this time of year. The beautiful cyclamen: Linking in with May Dreams Gardens for GBBD again this mon...

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The Paperwhite Experiment Part 1: A Cunning Plan?

Last year we had some paperwhites (white narcissus) in bloom for Christmas. I was a little upset to discover that the general wisdom seems to be that the best thing to do with the bulbs, once they have finished flowering, is to bin them! This upset me so I planted the bulbs in a quiet shady corner of the garden once the frosts had passed thinking I would try and convince them to come back to life...

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Photo Friday - The Writer

This a photo of our lovely friend Chloe sat writing notes. She writes a blog over at http://madebythepotter.blogspot.co.uk/ - do go check her out. Not only does she write brilliant stories but Jenny guest featured recently and I am scheduled to appear on the 19th November as part of a series of stories, based around the signs of the zodia...

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Summer Knits: 7. Giving It Some Body

We've recently taken our third and final weeks break for this year and that means more knitting! Joe took the opportunity to crack on with the toddlers cardigan he's been working on. He's now finished the shoulders, separated off the sleeves and is working his way down the body. It's really starting to take shape now. Meanwhile my cardigan now looks like this: Finished, blocked, ends tucked...

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Port and Orange Cranberry Sauce

I was a fan of shop brought cranberry sauce as a child. It must have been something about the sweetness. In my teenage years I started to hanker for more from a sauce. The strangely flavoured blob of very sweet and slightly bitter sauce did not seem to deserve the space it occupied on my plate of Christmas dinner! Fortunately fresh cranberries have become more readily available in this country (frozen...

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Photo Friday - Pumpkins

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