Took a little time to review a handful of seemingly intereted and complimentary comments on my blog. Thought it would be interesting to see who was writing such nice things. Found most of them to be SPAM, mainly from the US. Brickmakers, Life Coaches, Purveyors of Pornography, Basketball and other salespeople all wrote positive things, [...]
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Real vs Spam Comments
Posted in Air Ambulance, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Classic Cars, Food, Food & Farming, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Motor Bikes, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs on July 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Northfield Farm Classic Cars
Posted in Air Ambulance, Beekeeping, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Classic Cars, Food, Food & Farming, Honey, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Motor Bikes, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs on July 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday (Sunday 11th July) was our 2nd car meet. With so much going on, from Grand Prix to World Cup, There were fewer cars than last time. The cars were amazing though, from the Morris Minor which arrived first through to the immaculate TR7 which arrived just as a stunning TR6 was leaving. During the [...]
LETTER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY Self-Reliance
Posted in Air Ambulance, Beekeeping, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Budget, Food, Food & Farming, Honey, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies on July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the greatest examples of self-reliance is the network of Air Ambulances, all entirely privately funded. As such there is, hopefully, no scope for them to be directly hit by these cutbacks. They will need support as much as ever though.
LETTER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Posted in Beekeeping, Borough Market, Food, Food & Farming, Honey, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My neighbour is a multi talented man. Teacher, taxidermist, storyteller and occasional shepherd. What I did not know was that he is also a beekeeper. Last year I set up my first ever colony of bees. Well, to be more accurate, a friend from the frozen wastes of Northumberland set them up for me. Third [...]
British Lop Piglets
Posted in Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Food, Food & Farming, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs on May 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Came out into the yard around 5-00 thus evening to check on Sally our pedigree British Lop Sow. She has been threatening to farrow (give birth) for the last few days so Leo bought her in to watch her more closely. We have had three other litters born in the last couple of weeks. The [...]
LETTER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY (Beef burger or Beef Scrapings?)
Posted in Borough Market, Food, Food & Farming on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HACCP derived from NASA now governing food processing, still not enough to protect us from massive corporate degradation of food.
LETTER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY
Posted in Borough Market, Food, Food & Farming, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Pies on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Update
LETTER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY – Time and Life
Posted in Borough Market, Food, Food & Farming, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Pies on February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Looking back 40 years at the fragility of traditional food production in the U.K.
Northfield achieves glory again in BPEX Annual awards
Community Vision
Posted in Borough Market, Food, Food & Farming on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Farm Shop Sales have ground to a halt in the snow. Don’t forget we can still deliver and are at Borough & Broadway as normal. Time for reflection?
The Christmas Feast
Posted in Borough Market, Christmas, Food, Food & Farming on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One eyecatching headline last Saturday in the Times shouted the question: “Are Posh Birds Worth It?” Having once been married to one and knowing quite a few others, my first thought was “yes, they probably are”.
