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Entries from July 2009

Name the Birdie!

July 18, 2009 · 7 Comments

Name the Birdie!

This is our Lemon Cuckoo Pekin Bantam girl, isn’t she gorgeous!

She needs a name and I thought i’d ask my ask all my lovely townie blog followers if they would like to come up with a name for her…

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Sooo… all suggestions welcome

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She’s just tooo cute :-)

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Really looking forward to hearing your name ideas :-)

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Tomatoes & Peppers

July 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Just a small update from the greenhouse this afternoon…

The tomatoes are looking really really good and wont be too long before they are ripe and ready to be harvested.

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The peppers are looking fantastic too… plenty of flowers and a few fruits forming, I have another 5 plants just like this one so we’re going to have loads of peppers :-)

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Parmesan and Basil Omlette

July 12, 2009 · 2 Comments

Parmesan & Basil Omlette

4 tiny pekin bantam eggs
1 small egg courtesy of chicken little
1 large egg from Daisy
2 handfuls of grated parmesan
1 tablespoon of basil leaves ripped up
salt and pepper
a splash of milk

I have to say if was very yummy indeed and my son even comented on how lovely it tasted… miracles never cease ;-)

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Potatoes are Flowering

July 4, 2009 · 2 Comments

Wandering around the garden this afternoon I noticed that out potato plants are flowering…

Arn’t they just the the most delicate and pretty white flowers?

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