It seems I can’t just go and get a new animal. Something always happens. I should know better by now. Free to a good home or too good to be true, never ends well with me. I love Peking chickens. They are so small and fluffy but adults can be expensive to buy and start … [Read more…]
We love pancakes all year round here. They are a great, quick dessert or snack at any time of the day and a lovely treat. Thankfully, having chickens, we always have a glut of eggs so the are also a good idea for using eggs up. So here are our five favourite pancake fillings. 1. … [Read more…]
We love British food here and ae keen to champion all food types and producers for the bigger picture of supporting British farms and farmers so when British Leeks got in contact to help promote the humble leek, I couldn’t say no. We actually tried a recipe from their brilliant, ideas filled recipes a couple … [Read more…]
Thinking of new ideas for meals can be a nightmare at any time of the day but for some reason, I feel especially challenged at lunch time. Who doesn’t get caught up in a same-old-sandwich rut sometimes? Recently though, Primula sent me a lovely selection of spread cheeses to try and raise me out of … [Read more…]
If you have been within a 20 metre radius of me over the last month, you will no doubt have been bored to tears about my hatching eggs. I have had 30 eggs in two incubators and I have waited. Hen eggs take 21 days to hatch but day 21 came and went with no … [Read more…]
I am sure you have heard of the expression, watching paint dry. It is a boring, thankless activity which demonstrates when something else is mind-numbingly boring. I have a new idea for a phrase which means a similar thing. That’s right folks. When most normal people are sat watching Saturday night television with a packet … [Read more…]
If you follow me on social media, you can’t have missed what can only be described as chicken-spam, flooding your feeds. I have kept chickens before but, when I was just about to have Baby G, Hubster sold my last lot of chucks to a workman as he said he was not prepared to look … [Read more…]
I was recently sent an Ozeri Green Earth frying pan to review. It promises to be non stick, naturally. Suitable for all types of stoves-including induction and has a natural ceramic coating which is achieved by using no PTFE, PFOA or other harmful chemicals. I had no idea what PTFEs or PFOAs were but Mr … [Read more…]
Years ago, everyone kept chickens in their back gardens as a source of meat and eggs. Then it went out of fashion but recently, hens have become a very popular animal to keep. Maybe because people are interested about where their food comes from or are concerned about the welfare of chickens, I don’t know but … [Read more…]
So this week we are getting into our Easter crafts. I saw a brilliant photo on Pinterest of eggs with eyes and little plants growing out of them. I thought it looked amazing so we had to have a go. With loads of chickens, we always have loads of eggs so to find something to … [Read more…]
