29 April 2011
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I used the parsley pesto I mentioned yesterday for dinner last night. I chopped some carrots, julienne style, and boiled those along with some pasta and a pinch of salt. The dish was finished off with parsley pesto and grated … Continue reading
28 April 2011
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This is parsley pesto that Jane made last night — handfuls of parsley from our polytunnel, blended with garlic, oil, parmesan cheese and sunflower seeds. Traditional pesto recipes use pine nuts but my recent investigations have shown those to relatively … Continue reading
27 April 2011
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Hurrah for the rain! We haven’t had much and the weather is sunny now but there was a shower overnight. It wouldn’t normally be a thing to remark on but “April Showers” have been notable by their absence this month. … Continue reading
26 April 2011
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Lots of useful things done in the garden yesterday; plants moved out the soil, creating room for plants to move into the coldframe, creating room for further tidying up in the polytunnel and new batches of seed to be planted. … Continue reading
25 April 2011
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Gleaning expectations from the front cover art and back cover blurb, I expected this book to hover somewhere round the nexus of Dan Brown’s thrillers or the National Treasure film series. Initial impressions fitted that impression, with a couple of … Continue reading
24 April 2011
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What stops a film being a random sequence of people, places and interactions? It is the story which gives meaning, providing a thread by which to understand the whole. I was thinking about meaning today. What is Easter about? What … Continue reading
23 April 2011
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Yesterday’s baking handiwork: I made two twists on the recipe. The crosses were made with poppy seeds (pressed into crosses I had painted with milk). I then slashed down the centre of each line to give some expansion room although, … Continue reading
22 April 2011
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It is about a year since we first laid eyes on the house that we now call home. A lot of that time has been spent out in the garden and you can see the changes we have wrought: The … Continue reading
21 April 2011
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Hurrah! After a fair amount of hunting round, we have found our droughtplug set up (a hose with a rubber bulb in the middle which can be pumped to draw up water and establish a siphoning flow). With the local … Continue reading
20 April 2011
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After a relatively long lay-off, Jane and I broke out our copy of Pandemic earlier this week and had a most enjoyable game. The challenge is to find cures for four diseases ravaging the globe, balanced with a dwindling supply … Continue reading