Milkweed & Teasel

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Flesh and Bones

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This time last week I dedicated a whole day to all things horse. The farrier came and put on new shoes, the vet came and gave Kitty and Alan...
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Monday, 21 March 2011

US vs UK

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My husband and I enjoy a good debate, about anything really. From whether to butter toast when it's still hot (I'm for, he's aga...
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Friday, 18 March 2011

Don't bother visiting us

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There's nowhere for you to sit. Signed, The Dogs
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Monday, 14 March 2011

Labradorable

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Thank you to everyone for all the great and funny name suggestions. I will be referring to your list to name our future dogs for years to co...
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Friday, 11 March 2011

Pup update

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Mike surprised me with a labrador puppy. I wondered why he kept going on about "wouldn't it be nice to have a little puppy again!...
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The Newest Member of the Team

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Thursday, 10 March 2011

The Chicken and the Egg

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The 2011 Egg Season is officially open - I repurposed a broody coop, adding legs and painting a blackboard sign on its front, to make an ...
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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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