I recently started looking into our national and international food and drink days – there are many. It came about in January when friends from South Africa were visiting. On the Sunday of their stay they wanted to eat roast beef and Yorkshire puddings in an English pub. Now, having our own cattle we were… Continue reading British Yorkshire Pudding Day…
On January 1 I always start with good intentions for the year ahead – it always involves being more healthy, more organised and more proactive – but due to a stinking cold and various other factors January has been a bit of a wipe out. It’s for that reason I’m resolving to do all of… Continue reading February, what do you have in store…
This morning we woke to a thick blanket of fog covering the farm. Visibility was down to about 15 metres, the air was cold and the earth was frosty. It was incredibly picturesque, particularly when the sun started to do it’s very best to burn the smur off.
For me, the festive period always offers up the opportunity to cook and bake dishes that only seem apt at Christmas. In turn this means there is always too much good food in a relatively short period of time! Too many mince pies, sausage rolls, stollen, lebkuchen, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding and ham, to name but a… Continue reading Reviewing the year in food…
For the past few years my most favourite festive activity has been to make a Christmas wreath. I love the beauty of them, their brightness and greenness. They welcome visitors into our home and give a cheeriness to the farm. But what I really love is the task of gathering the ingredients. Traditionally I have made them with… Continue reading A year in the making…
For the past few months I have been ever-so-slightly glued to watching the institution that is the Great British Bake Off. As this most recent series unfolded I took to recreating each and every technical challenge that the contestants were set – one a week for ten weeks. Now, I love to cook, but I’ve never really been much… Continue reading A Great British challenge…
I am writing this out of sheer frustration at the shambles of a remembrance event I attended yesterday. I’ve been trying to get over my annoyance but can’t seem to shrug it off. So, if you’ll bear with me, I feel the need to put pen to paper as it were. I make sure that I mark Remembrance… Continue reading Why I will remember this Remembrance Sunday for all the wrong reasons…
We’ve recently welcomed a new calf onto the farm – the birth was tricky and complex. As the last calf due on the farm this year, its arrival was highly anticipated and it’s birth was expected to be pretty straight forward as the mother is the most experienced on the farm – she’s also the largest, making her the herd’s natural matriarch.… Continue reading The birth of a cow…
I honestly don’t think there’s a better month than September for sunsets in Norfolk. Throughout the month we have been treated to some spectacular scenes and with the nights pulling in, the sun has been drifting out of sight at about 7.20pm. As it begins setting even earlier, my eyes (and camera) are now firmly pinned to the west each… Continue reading Autumn sunsets…
Without wanting to talk about Christmas too early, I’d like to – for the reason of floral arrangements! For the last couple of years I have made wreaths for our own home, for family and friends and for my grandparents’ graves – but this year I’ve decided to sell them, I love making them and any excuse to… Continue reading Christmas wreaths…
