Once a month I have Butchery Day. I get in all the meat I need for the month and then process it. Actually, what I should say is that I …

I went out for my early morning walk this morning (complete darkness, utter lack of street lighting, always an adventure) and after about five minutes it began to drizzle, then …

I suppose this is going to be an article about what I intend for this site, and a little insight into me. The origins of this site, and of where …

I have a very large enclosure system for the five cats – it keeps them safe (99.9% of my reason for keeping them indoors or in an enclosure, the other …

The frost descended again yesterday and this morning also. Very, very cold. Even my lovely gas fires are not coping with this. Yesterday I had an early morning appointment in …

Post update from later in the day. Ok, so I have established it was the old skin that was causing the problems. IN the old wordpress skin comments work fine. …

I think the first frost of each year really needs to be celebrated. This morning was the coldest of the year so far, under freezing (unusual for where I am) …

… others a mere nod in the direction of practicality. I mean, doesn’t everyone amass large numbers of glass jars? I must have, well, a few hundred. At least. Both …

I put up my preserving page today, and in it I allude (ha!) to my dislike of supermarkets. Because I can remember a world before supermarkets, I know what kind of effect they have …

After years of keeping an online ‘diary’ I have now braved the world of blog software … so far this morning it has taken me 5 hours to install software …