Allotment 38B
It might seem like a small beginning but this is our ticket to becoming landed gentry! Last weekend we finally got through the waiting list and have scored ourselves 60 square m of land on fantastic fenland soils. This place…
Asparagus & Salmon entree
Smoked salmon sheets Asparagus spears Philadelphia cheese Chives 1 lemon Boil asparagus for a few minutes, drain and cool. Chop chives and mix with philadelphia cheese. Place a dob of cheese and chives mix on a piece of salmon sheet…
Pea & Ham Soup
1 cup green split peas (or yellow peas if Tesco’s doesn’t have green ones!) 8 cups boiling water 1 large bacon bone 1 medium chopped onion 1 medium chopped carrot 2 sticks celery 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 bay leaf…
Anzac Biscuits
1 cup rolled oats 1 cup plain flour 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup coconut 4 oz (125 g) butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 2 tablespoons boiling water 1/2 heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Mix oats, flour, sugar & coconut in…
Ducks
Introducing the Ducks of Ely … Ducks.mov
Sticky Date Pudding
Yum!
Last sunny days
It was so nice and sunny this sunday Jan and Ira couldn’t resist a quick trip in the kayak. We met some fisherman who had a big pike on their line and helped them untangle it from the reeds. It…
Second life
Thanks to the economist and the guardian this week we came to discover the phenomenon of second life. Among the amazing inhabitants of this world is a fluffy orange triceratops who was born a homosexual dragon.
Our Fossil Adventure
Last weekend was the weekend of our first great geological expedition! Drawn by tales of pink rocks, lovely coastlines, ammonites and belemnites we set off for the south west coast of England. Before we left though were sure to arm…
Post by Email
Hi All, I just finished faffing about with wordpress and finally managed to set things up so we can post to this website simply by sending an email. So that we can avoid spam I’m not going to post the…