August is the month for dusting off the jam pan. So far the apples have started landing regularly on the lawn. Rather than waste these early fruits they have been transformed into ‘Spiced Apple Jelly’ with just a hint of the old favourite – Chilli! Without a greenhouse at the moment the chillies are slow and few, but the next project, since there are apples a plenty on the tree, is an apple press, it seems the best way to construct one is with a bottle jack and some stout timber, both of which are lying around in the shed! Whether cider is attempted or not rather depends on the juice – it might get drunk too quickly!
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In the spirit of freedom food, HFW’s assertion that we should be willing to go through the whole process from beginning to end if we want to eat meat, and the large proportion of animals who die needlessly…

… We decided to try a local and very populous animal – the poor roadkill bunny. It certainly hadn’t been dead long, and well, it was a waste not to.

Caution photo’s below!!!!

Bunny on

Bunny going

Bunny gone!

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A week of Fun and Games!

I’m sure balloon modeling will come in useful at some point while ordained, but even if not, it keeps the kids happy. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past week. Our eldest daughter’s birthday was on Sunday, usual party etc, bouncy castle etc. Oh can you make balloon models she says, yeah course I can, good, here you are then! And so it was that I got started with this strange hobby, not been going long, but its really quite addictive, almost as bad as the Sudoku puzzles. There must be a place for modeling balloons for kids during a service, just have to brush up on lions and arks etc!

August

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