The hedgerows are teeming with life, most of it edible, we have so far (apart from the tree load of apples which our garden supplies) blackberries – loads, hedge garlic (still prolific) raspberry leaves for tea, haws for Haw-sin sauce and a few other bits and pieces. In a few weeks the elderberries will be ready, the damsons up the lanes will start to turn and it will be all hands to the preserving pan, if only the apples would stop falling long enough for us to pick some to put away!! The wheat is in, but not processed quite yet, it will have to be milled soon, ready for the beginning of October and the coming of the inevitable Harvest Thanksgivings. The Cat has started complaining about the weather, but it’s not quite time for the log burner, which reminds me to call the log man and have...
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L’Arche is an international federation of communities for people with learning disabilities and assistants. We have nine communities in England, Scotland and Wales. They provide real homes in ordinary houses to well over 100 people with learning disabilities and a similar number of assistants.

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No actually the farm was really quite nice, couldn’t believe that they were still getting back on their feet after the foot and mouth, especially since everyone outside of the farming community thinks of it as a long and distant memory! Today started with a very strange topic Just like vicars to want to out-weird people, I mean it’s not as if they have to try too hard is it? swanning about in girls clothing with incense pouring around them? Anyway there we were sat with Rev Ian and someone said something about don’t worry about us, were just a bit weird. (something about being an ordinand I guess) Anyway the alternative recycling scheme then came to fruition and we had a lengthy discussion on the practicalties, pitfalls whereforeartthous etc of recycling OLD PEOPLE Yes, there we were expecting a nice day in the country and we end up discussing the best way to power a house from an aging relative The comment that really set us off was the one about, well it’s really only like a potato clock… That was the beginning of the day… Went to Brecon to a project called SIREN which is an Intermediate Labour [...]

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