There’s a thread on the WordPress forums that asks people to post “amusing Search Engine Terms used to find your blog”.
Well, I have just had a look at my blog stats and discovered the benefits of having a crofting blog that covers livestock, carpentry, fish and more.
But before you read on, consider if you’re easily offended, lacking a sense of humour or are under 18 because this will get mildly rude… Read the rest of this entry »
The Other Half and I sat down tonight to watch our favourite “hate” programme - Crisis at Jimmy’s Farm.
Jimmy is an out-of-control man-child who pretends to run a rare-breeds farm and retail outlet while ducking responsibility, spending cash like there’s no tomorrow and blaming everyone else for his problems.
He’s also a dab hand at ignoring the plight of his animals until it’s almost too late or letting their suffering go on too long when it is too late. Jimmy’s relationship with his creditors is much the same, too. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the curiosities of living the way we do and writing this blog is that people are quick to challenge whether we do in fact eat what we claim to eat and actually produce it on the croft. So, here’s tonight’s dinner.
The boys and I had boiled pork with boiled new potatoes, steamed purple sprouting broccoli and steamed carrots plus a dash of relish.
The Other Half, a vegetarian, had mushroom omelette with her vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m cooking something a little old-fashioned but very delicious for dinner tonight - boiled pork.
I started by taking a leg of pork and simmered it in salted water for 90 minutes, turning it over after 45 minutes, keeping the lid on the pan throughout.
The water should be deep enough to come at least two-thirds of the way up the side of the leg and has a tablespoon of salt plus a dozen peppercorns added to it. Read the rest of this entry »
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