Archive for the Food Category

Hexham Book Festival

24th April 2010 | Events, places to go & things to do., Food | No Comments

Worth a look if you enjoy a book. Now in it’s 4th year and growing, lots going on all week  for everyone. I’m particularly looking forward to Friday when there are some food and horticulture events. http://www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/home/ Read the full post

Hooray…The Chickens are back!

14th April 2010 | Dee's Diary, Food, Southlands Farm News | No Comments

Thanks to Mr “B—-y” Fox we have been without chickens since Christmas, but I promised myself I would wait till spring and brave it and get some more. My aim had been to adopt some battery hens. Sadly due to the change in rules of housing battery hens (Well done Compassion in World Farming Read the full post

Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows

11th April 2010 | Charles' Rants, Events, places to go & things to do., Food | No Comments

The Show season in Northumberland starts at the end of  May with the Northumberland County Show I always enjoy shows, it’s when farmers get a chance to show what they have achieved after months of hard work in the cold and mud. the tempo of the countryside moves to a slower pace and there is Read the full post

Meat Free Monday

8th January 2010 | Charles' Rants, Food | 2 Comments

It’s hard enough getting up to feed the animals in the middle of a freeze, without listening to am ill-informed zealot spouting about cows killing our planet by farting. Read the full post

 

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