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Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Sound of a Fox Calling
This is what we’re hearing every night. http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/thefoxden/call.wav We’ve lost so many chickens, ducks and geese lately that we’re now (as well as shutting them in their shed at night) electrifying the chicken wire fence of their run every night. Don’t worry, it’s only 12v electric, we’re not out to kill the foxes – just [...]
Olive Oil & Lemon Cake
We made this, and the vegan chocolate cake, to take to friends for an Easter dinner yesterday. INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs 125g caster sugar grated rind of 2 lemons and juice of 1 200ml olive oil (+ extra for greasing) 2tbsp milk 175g SR flour, sifted DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 190c/375f/gas 5. Grease and line [...]
Vegan Chocolate Cake
Ingredients 3 cups SR flour (680 grams) 2 cups sugar (450 grams) 6 tablespoons cocoa (100 grams) 2 teaspoons baking soda (10 cc = 10 ml) 1 teaspoon salt (5 cc = 5 ml) 3/4 cup vegetable oil (200 cc) 2 tablespoon vinegar (30 cc) 2 teaspoon vanilla (10 cc) 2 cup cold water (480 [...]
Water Barriers for Trees
Here’s a video from theproducegarden – it’s pretty much what we do when we plant trees to reduce the amount of watering we’d have to do while the tree gets established. And here’s some photos of young trees planted here. The ridge of earth is very clear, and on sloping ground that ridge is higher [...]
Surrounded by Beauty
While watering some trees up in the forest, this morning, it struck me – just how beautiful so much of the world around us is. The photos speak for themselves. And the fantastic views from here. We live surrounded by extravagant beauty. Buy any of these highly recommended books and you’ll be supporting a small [...]
DIY Solar Oven
We’ve been thinking about solar oven for some time now, and yesterday decided to have a go at making our own. The builders have left us a few off-cuts of the insulation stuff, and I had an old ‘super’ from a beehive. To start, I screwed some t&g to the bottom of the super, to [...]
April Garden Photos
Every year we seem to get more organised earlier in the year. This year both gardens are in great shape, and we are spending some time most days, weeding, planting, watering (it has been dry) and generally gardening! My garden looks more like a jungle every year: And last year’s compost heap is a mound [...]
Batteries Arrived
Our solar batteries arrived this morning. 12 x 2 volt solar batteries. Just waiting on the the invertor and regulator, and for Dave who is doing our wiring to return from a trip away, and we can get our solar power system sorted. PRACTICAL PHOTOVOLTAICS Author: R Komp A comprehensive guide to the theory and [...]
Fruity Promises
It looks like we are going to have a lot of fruit this year, probably because of the dry spring – the flowers didn’t get washed off the trees by the rain this year. The plum trees are laden with tiny plums, including the row of plum suckers that we put in a few years [...]
