11 Goals for 2011: progress update
At the start of the year, I set myself 11 (+ another 5 subgoals) goals for the year. We’ve third of the way through the year now so I thought it was time for an update. 1. Increase the food output from our garden and make a meal only using stuff I’ve grown/foraged/caught/killed which can [...]
Who gets fed first
Following on from Lily’s idea of the Team Peach hierarchy, here’s this evening’s feeding order. 1. Chickens (on way back from dog walk) 2. Plants in greenhouse (ditto) 3. Lily 4. Boron (Carla wasn’t around) 5. Ginger beer plant 6. Rye sourdough starter 7. Wheat flour sourdough starter 8. Us
Early morning, perfect results, good dog good dog
1. I get up to let the chickens into the run then sneak back to bed, curling around the dog who has taken my place while I was away. Outside, it felt earlier than it is – soft sunlight, a dawn-like chill – but the bedroom is toasty warm. 2. The bread’s even brown crust [...]
3BT – embarrassing, nearly there, alchemy
1. We stop at the park on the way home – the park that looks like a stereotypical village green, next to a church, with a cricket pitch in the middle – and run around with Lily. Despite her initial excitement, she tires quickly and we sit down next to her. She immediately gets up, [...]
3BT – soft & even, play time, the new recipe
1. Her freshly clipped coat feels like velvet. 2. We worry – as we always do – that the play is bordering on fighting but the woman assures us that it is definitely play. The dogs bounce around together amongst the oak trees as we talk about them behind their backs. 3. The slow-rise bread [...]
Flatbread with honey & sesame oil
I wanted to make some flatbreads to go with our lamb tagine this evening but all the recipes called for plain flour & yeast and I couldn’t find any of the latter in our over-stuffed cupboard. I kept the yeast-activating honey from the recipes I found though and aside from that just improvised. They turned [...]