Milkweed & Teasel

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Country Life List

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There is an old joke that goes “How do you make a million dollars in your first year of agriculture? Start with two million dollars, and kno...
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Sunday, 17 June 2012

Jubilation

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Mike and I were invited to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with our neighbours in the next village, who we've got to know...
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Saturday, 2 June 2012

Out with the new and in with the old

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After attending the May Fair sheep sales this year and watching a ram sell for 4,200 guineas (£4400), I decided to take up the very kind off...
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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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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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