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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 13 10:37 am Post subject: |
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The election has been a complete debacle - the results are enough to depress an elephant. The victorious party wants to reduce mining taxes (for people who are earning $1m every half hour) while cutting back on payments for families, education, health, etc - creating a hostile antigay, antiforeigner atmosphere - imagine a government by the BNP or whatever they call themselves over there and you have it. If I could leave I would.
Lambshanks - my last lot were cooked at 150 for several hours. Basically sauteed some garlic and shallots in olive oil, browned the shanks, bunged them onto a bed of carrots cut in half lengthways with stalks of thyme over the top, poured on some cooking port, a dash of balsamic vinegar, a tin of chopped tomatoes and that was about it. Taste wonderful I have to say. |
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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cassandra
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
Joined: 27 Mar 2013 Posts: 1733 Location: Tasmania Australia
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 9:55 am Post subject: |
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We had a little spring yesterday - all sunshine and sweet air - so a whole lot of weeding was done and beds prepared for seeds - cabbage, broad beans and parsnips in the ground now. The asparagus is starting to poke through the ground and is sweet and tender (I know, had some for lunch) and vast swathes of grass were hacked down as well. Today was grey, misty and drizzly so no mowing done, but i dd get into the orchard to have a hack at those trees not yet pruned (a bit late, but that article in the newspaper gives me hope that it will actually turn out to be a good time to be doing this. So the bin is full of plum blossom and the tree has far fewer crossed branches and some air in the middle. The apricot tree was left unattended, despite a desperate need for pruning, since there is little blossom left on it from the frost of the other morning. So rather than no fruit, I will settle for a little fruit.
I have been eyeing off the fencing and have decided that the half of the orchard furthest from the psychotic neighbour can, with minor adjustments, be adapted to house a family of Aylesbury ducks (which are apparently so heavy and large they will not fly out). So perhaps tomorrow I will get some stakes along the bottom fence line and start looking out some mesh to raise the height of the mesh already there to about four feet high. That would relieve me of the need to mow half the orchard at least. Though finding pure bred aylesburys may prove a challenge.
The Recreation ground committee has offered to build me a shed to replace the shipping container I donated to them, but rather than that, I will get them to build me a secure hen run with a couple of yards off it that I can rotate the hens through, planting them with picking fodder so they can always have access to greenery despite being in a run and not free range. Maybe I can start to restock as the year progresses. |
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Mistress Rose
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cassandra
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cassandra
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cassandra
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