Milkweed & Teasel

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Date Night - Dorset style

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I know most people go out to dinner or the movies, but this time of year we're lucky to find an hour to spend together. That's enoug...
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Saturday, 19 May 2012

Ugly Naked Sheep Day

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I personally think that people look better in clothes. It's not that I'm against nudity, but a flattering waistline or a good pair o...
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

More Random Acts of Husband

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" Hey - Come out and see what we've got!" These are the words that fill me with trepidation. Especially the 'we' par...
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Sunday, 6 May 2012

It's Showtime

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It has been raining for three straight weeks now. I haven’t been exposed to sunshine for so long that I think I’m in danger of getting ricke...
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Thursday, 19 April 2012

Eggshausting

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This must be the start of my egg pun series. Feel free to contribute your own in the comments section. Mike and I are both so tired that w...
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Monday, 16 April 2012

Weaning Day

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The new handling yard at Milkweed is working. All but my grumpy ewe went into the enclosure this morning. I soon changed her mind, by chasin...
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Saturday, 14 April 2012

Quincy's Big Day Out

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Quincy and I competed in our first Gundog Test today. We completed a series of 3 tests: field retrieves, water retrieves, and hunted retriev...
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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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