Milkweed & Teasel

Saturday, 28 November 2009

In the Line of Duty

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Poor Dulcie. We were shooting yesterday and Dulcie and Podgie were the picking up team for the day. It was a hard day for them; they did e...
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Monday, 23 November 2009

View Halloo!

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There is a small shelf in the kitchen. One half is the "nature table" - found fossils, interesting seeds pods and bug carapaces. T...
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Indoor Days and Outdoor Days

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The weather in Britain is less than predictable this time of year. Mike checks the BBC news at stupid o'clock in the morning when it...
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Friday, 13 November 2009

Shock Tactics

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It's miserable outside. I can't remember when the rain started, it seems to have always been here. The wind is picking up and gale f...
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Dia de los Muertos

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Yesterday I put the rest of the meat chickens in the freezer. In a fit of self-reliance, I thought I would despatch them by myself. Turns ou...
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Monday, 9 November 2009

The Braidy Bunch

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Image from http://www.horsechannel.com/ The dogs and I have had 12 days in the shooting field so far this year, and it's now painfull...
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Friday, 6 November 2009

The Woodcock Moon

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picture courtesy of wikipedia We've had the first full moon of November - known as the Woodcock Moon - when the woodcock begin their ...
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Jennifer Montero
Two decades ago I left New England for olde England with nothing but my books and degrees in anthropology and art history. After some years toiling in various museums and historic sites, I decided to pursue my passion for the outdoors and enrolled in agriculture college. While working as head gardener on an estate in Dorset, I met my husband, a gamekeeper. His is one of those archaic jobs that only appear in Hardy novels and episodes of Downton Abbey. We now live and work together on a private estate raising game birds. Life in the country is not all bunting and cream teas—more blisters and cold rains. But with a dog leash in one hand and my Debretts Guide to British Etiquette in the other, I am conquering the British countryside, training dogs, caring for pheasant chicks, battling predators, and cooking. LOTS of cooking. In my spare time I tend a flock of sheep, and in winter I butcher and sell local game and wild food. It's hard work, but it's never dull. So sit, read, and laugh along. And be glad that you work in a temperature-controlled building like a normal person
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