Milkweed & Teasel

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Old Dogs, Old Tricks

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There's only two weeks left of the pheasant season. The dogs have worked hard, been invaluable, and have enjoyed themselves thoroughly. ...
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Thursday, 5 January 2017

Group Photo!

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The gang's all here, except for Hadley Bubbles - she's off to the left eating an apple, and hasn't quite got the self-control...
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Friday, 16 December 2016

9 More Sleeps 'til Christmas

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I finally got around to getting our Christmas tree last Sunday. I joined Mike on his morning feed rounds, which passes the tree plantation, ...
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Monday, 21 November 2016

Angus Arrives

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I didn't realise how much time has passed between posts. Autumn is almost over and winter is creeping up behind. We're being battere...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Dog Days

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Shoot season is three weeks away, so I've turned my attention to our dog team. Some of the girls have been working all through the summe...
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Saturday, 3 September 2016

The Neglectful Gardener

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I have a small, underdeveloped vegetable patch at the bottom of my garden, which came with the cottage. It came complete with rhubarb plant ...
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Thursday, 18 August 2016

Mike's Hands

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Mike and I celebrated his 52nd birthday this week. The celebrations were low-key; after all the animals were tended to, we threw a few logs ...
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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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