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The Sustainable Christmas Tree: Who Let the Grinch OUT!
Lauren, at the Vet’s Clinic, handed me the package. Merry Christmas, Grinch!, she said. Who told you I was the Grinch? I said. She just laughed. Poo, I said as I left. She laughed some more. Mama (policeman sheep) is suddenly limping badly and has a cough. So first I will worm her. Sheep crop…
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Is it against the law to plant vegetables on the median strip?
Put your hands in the soil every day. This was my grandmothers advice. She was discussing with me how I should behave when I became a wife. I was being brought up to be a good wife. There was no discussion from the women in my family, about following my heart or whether I had…
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A Dusting of Snow on the Farmy – morning.
“There is a dusting of snow.” Our John said, as he brought me my coffee at 5.30 this morning. By 6 am I was out in the barn, feeding out. By 7.am I was standing in the yards, listening to the chomp of cows, feeling the calm, watching the light rise. Not a sun rise…
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How to make Beeswax Christmas Candles.
Just imagine your beautiful sparkling Christmas table is dressed. With all your lovely china and polished cutlery, little vases of flowers and the most perfect table cloth that you do not want to spill candle wax on. So, beside the sparkling wine glass and the beaded water glass, is a beautiful delicate tiny, little, tea…
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An inspired challenge while sitting on a rickety old chair, no wriggling!!
Greg and Katherine from Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide challenged me with this series of questions. Actually, and thank you very much, I found this exercise a wee bit difficult. But you guys have such a wry sense of humour! Today I had to think. And as we know thinking is hard!! However here are my…
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