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Potatoes – Small Plot, Big Ideas
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Small Plot, Big Ideas. Making the most of what I have. Easy bread (hand made). Pig breed society links. Sheep breed society links. Chitting potatoes in an egg tray. This refers to giving your seed potatoes a head start on the growing process before you plant them out. This should also make sure a better harvest as a result particularly with the early varieties. First look at the seed potato to find which end has the “eyes” where the new shoots will start to form. You should reject any tub...If your chitt...
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Vanilla Ice Cream – Small Plot, Big Ideas
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Small Plot, Big Ideas. Making the most of what I have. Easy bread (hand made). Pig breed society links. Sheep breed society links. An easy to make, creamy and smooth ice cream. Author: Small Plot Big Ideas. Vanilla essence (to taste). Put the cream into a small bowl/jug. Put the egg yolks in a large bowl. Put the sugar and water in a saucepan. Boil the sugar and water for 5 minutes to make a syrup. Lightly whip the cream. Add the sugar/water syrup to the eggs while whisking continuously.
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Rock Cakes: . . . And we're back!
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Saturday, 28 February 2009. I noticed the other day that I hadn't blogged for 4 months. The main reason for this is our PhDs. The blog had become a big distraction, a nice one but a still a distraction. Plus I started a new job and needed to concentrate on a different challenge. The graduations aren't till June, so I don't feel we can call ourselves Dr until then. But believe me that when we do that our names on our bank cards will be changed. Good to see you back, I've missed your alcohol recipes! Spina...
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Rock Cakes: May 2009
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Sunday, 10 May 2009. We had decided to go away for last weeks long weekend. We had planned two different weekends depending on what the weather was doing in Scotland. Our west coast plan was to go to Mull and our east coast plan was Arbroath. However, when we looked at the weather neither seemed appealing. So we decided to skip over the border to Wooler in Northumberland. Before we left on Monday we stopped off at the local butcher and bought a fantastic piece of beef for a roast dinner when we got back&...
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Rock Cakes: February 2009
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Saturday, 28 February 2009. I noticed the other day that I hadn't blogged for 4 months. The main reason for this is our PhDs. The blog had become a big distraction, a nice one but a still a distraction. Plus I started a new job and needed to concentrate on a different challenge. The graduations aren't till June, so I don't feel we can call ourselves Dr until then. But believe me that when we do that our names on our bank cards will be changed. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Crumbs…...
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Flapjacks – Small Plot, Big Ideas
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Small Plot, Big Ideas. Making the most of what I have. Easy bread (hand made). Pig breed society links. Sheep breed society links. A standard chewy and filling oat flapjack which can be used as the basis for many variations. Author: Small Plot Big Ideas. Serves: Upto 16 small portions. 60g self raising flour. A pinch of salt. 2-3 tsp of Golden Syrup (optional). Preheat oven to 190°C. Line an 8" x 12" baking tin (approx. 20cm x 30cm) with greaseproof paper. Melt the margarine in a pan over low heat.
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Easy bread (mixer) – Small Plot, Big Ideas
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Small Plot, Big Ideas. Making the most of what I have. Easy bread (hand made). Pig breed society links. Sheep breed society links. Basic bread with a mixer. A quick and easy bread recipe which I use with a mixer and manage to get very presentable (and fairly predictable) results every time! 500g Strong White Bread Flour. 5 ml / 1 tsp salt. 10ml / 2 tsp dried yeast. 15ml / 3 tsp sugar. 60ml of olive oil. 300ml warm water (1 part boiling, 2 parts cold). Add the dry ingredients to the mixer bowl. Based on t...
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Livestock – Small Plot, Big Ideas
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Small Plot, Big Ideas. Making the most of what I have. Easy bread (hand made). Pig breed society links. Sheep breed society links. All the best advice recommends a slow and steady approach to starting with livestock. At times it can be hard to stick with this advice when everything takes so long and you are eager to get to grips with “proper” smallholding. Many people will start out with poultry as a gentle introduction, normally this means chickens. There is this handy chicken reference page. I’m ...
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Vegetable Gardens | Plants for Every Season
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Plants for Every Season. April 6, 2008 at 7:55 pm ( Outdoors. You might think that it is too hard to grow your own vegetable garden and that it is easier to just go to the stor. E to buy your vegetables. When you have your own garden there are many benefits – like knowing what exactly has or has not been put in your food, getting high quality, absolutely fresh produce, and having the satisfaction of having grown it yourself. And these that are not very hard to do. A soaker hose is a lot like a leaky pipe...
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