Hi folks, hope all are well as we move into Spring. On December 31, 2012. Well what a year that was! On December 12, 2012. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Started in the middle of May 2009, we hope by trial and error to grow most of our vegetables. Tuesday, 23 August 2011.

What copywriters do in their spare time! October 29, 2011. The survey is completely anonymous the only thing I ask is you give me the first part of your postcode so we can see if there are regional trends or variations.

Ive moved, I have finally done it! Come along and visit with me at www. This site will be closing down and fading away very soon. Come and join me at my new fabulous home. Did I want to take part? May 31, 2011.

After the pig butchery weekend. I decided it was time to take some of that lovely Berkshire pig to the next level and make bacon! I chose three joints that I thought would make nice streaky and back bacon. I made things a little harder for myself by making my own cure, I brought the salt, saltpeter and brown sugar to do the mix. I got there in the end but metric or cup measures are so much easier! .

Eco, frugal, simple. About Everyday Life On A Shoestring. 21 Day Simple Living Challenge. Friday, 29 September 2017. You like tomayto, I like tomahto. Back in the summer something joyous occurred. Our local supermarket was selling tinned tomatoes for 10p a tin. A small selection of my tinned tomahto collection. But we do still have a LOT of tomatoes in the cupboard.

In 2007 Hugh and Fiona decided that it might be a good time to start planning to realise their dream of giving up their jobs and lives in the UK and moving to France to live at a slower pace doing things that they really enjoy. Our new home in France. While looking for a house to rent, somewhere to base ourselves while we hunt for the right property, we found the perfect house in the perfect spot -and with the help of the lovely people at Cle Rouge Immobilier. In Duras it is ours! .