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Nettle Soup
Nettle Soup: The perfectly healthy Spring-time pick-me-up What you need: Foraged nettle tops – about 2 gloved handfuls should be enough 1 onion 1 clove garlic Couple of potatoes – peeled and chopped Chunk of butter Vegetable stock What to do: You can watch the video I made on Youtube about how to make this…
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I Need a Bigger Plate
(Workloads and expectations) You know that expression “I’ve got enough on my plate”? Well, I’ve realised my problem – I just need a bigger plate. Everybody is busy aren’t they? If you want to test that theory, just suggest to someone you know, some new ‘thing’ they should try/read/visit and they’ll tell you they’d love…
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For Robert Burns
An Ode tae my Kefir grains… For Burns Day this year, I put a short video on Youtube of me saying the following wee ditty I wrote in honour of my kefir grains. You can find the video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/qRP4dmnrMxs?feature=share The written version: Ma braw wee beasties oan ma kitchen counter, Fu’ o a’ the…
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Teaching a dog to ‘speak’
Its harder than it looks!! In my previous post, I made reference to our dog, Scooby. He is an adorable lurcher (great hunter) and we’ve been working on getting him to speak on command….hope you like the results!! https://youtu.be/Rx3trjT4uts
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It’s time for a firing (November I’m lookin’ at you!)
*Still catching up with the older posts… It’s official – I’m sacking November. There are many reasons why but the main one is because it sucks. Lets face it, November is a shitty month – especially in Scotland. October? Well thats a month I don’t mind so much. The clocks don’t change till the end…
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When the Christmas lights didn’t go on!
Christmas Lights Switch on in Nairn 2022 Things didn’t go according to plan…… *I know – another old post but like I said, I’m bringing you all my posts to see in their full glory! Ok, now I’m spoiling you – 2 posts in one day. This is a small one though just to show…
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The Joy of Harvesting your OWN food
*This post is one of my older ones which I’ve brought over from my old blog but I want to keep everything together and let you see the progression…hopefully! Enjoy…. Well well, its been a while hasn’t it?! Have you been busy too? The garden (and allotment) keeps on going, even though the temperatures…
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A ‘Hand’Made’ Home
I like using little hand-made touches throughout the house – it just makes it feel more homey to me. It doesn’t have to be anything dramatic, I’m not an artist or a sculpter, but I love trying things out (even if they don’t work, yes crotchet, I’m looking at you). For example, in our very,…
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10 Tips to save YOU Money
(This article was originally written about a year prior to the date of publishing here. More updated articles to follow so watch this space!!) At the time of writing, we keep being reminded we are in an “economic crisis”. All of us, in every country, at the same time. So I thought it would be…
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The Simple Joys of a Day Out
Brodie Castle, Highland Games and more! There was a time when going for a “day out”, was a big fan-fare occasion. It meant just what it said – you left early, came back late; gone for a whole day! It is too easy these days to think of trips or ‘days out’, merely as entertainment…
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The Power of a Seed
Unlocking your true potential. If you, like me, enjoy gardening, you’ll know seeds come in all different shapes, sizes, colours and textures. A bit like us! You’ll know the time and effort spent working out what seeds you’ll need for the next growing season, what seeds work well for you and what seeds seem to…
Coming from my slice of life to help you find more joy in yours
