Milkweed & Teasel

Monday, 25 April 2011

Shear hard work

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All the talk in the feed store is weather-related. Stop a farmer on his quad bike or her tractor and it's "Hello. Lovely weather. W...
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Human training

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As the days get longer, so does my list of chores. I've just put the last of the chickens to bed (the ones that think they're night ...
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Spring chickens. And quail.

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Spring is nearly here, the signs are everywhere. The blossom is falling off the blackthorn trees, and the bluebells are flowering. Vixens ha...
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Mooo-vie Night

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We have a cup that sits on our bookshelf, and we fill it with any loose change from our pockets or money from selling eggs. It's our ...
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Sunday, 3 April 2011

Oh, deer...

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It's a busy time of year for us. I probably say that a lot, but it's true this time, honest. The weather is warming up and the mud i...
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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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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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