Leaving London and downshifting to become a full-time parent and rural homemaker
I divided my compost heap into two at the weekend by piling all that had not rotted sufficiently to use yet, into a taller, narrower pile and kept the other half free to start a new pile while the bigger stack (fingers crossed) really does become useful compost over the next couple of months.
It seemed [...]
I’m absolutely chomping at the bit to get sprouting and keep rifling through the huge seed collection we have amassed since aquiring the vegetable garden plot at the rear of our house in the Autumn. Trouble is I don’t know where to start. When do I start planting the little darlings? Do I sow them [...]
On Saturday my kids had lunch with the other two bridesmaids for Madeleine and GB’s wedding. We were invited to their Grandma’s house who gave them all fish fingers and chips.
The chips were homemade and were and the most delicious I’ve ever tasted. I asked Carol what how she made them as I realised I [...]
Funny how being away from my home for three days out of the last seven results in an enormous backlog of domestic duties such as washing, ironing, buying food, hoovering and the like. I caught up big time today after some really lovely special occasions meant I had to be out and about instead of [...]
I’m always very happy to try new recipes which are (a) easy (one pot cooking rocks!), (b) wheat-free (I’m not able to eat wheat), (c) cheap, (d) both Bealers and I both enjoy (harder than you’d expect).
This recipe in a Waitrose magazine (from the mag exchange box at the local library) jumped out at me [...]
Blessed Bealers wondered if I had anything in particular I wanted to do to mark this Sunday’s Mothers’ Day.
After about 1 second of thought I realised I didn’t want cut flowers or to be wheeled out to a restaurant with the rest of the nation’s matriachs. Instead I’ve suggested that if the weather’s fine we [...]
It’s going to be hard to write this post as I’m keen not to offend anyone especially those lovely people who were happy for us that we were off for a week’s holiday at Center Parcs and assumed we’d really have a fabulous time.
The official line is that we really did not enjoy our holiday [...]