Grass

 

The grass is growing. That means lots of free food for the goats. All I have to do is pick it. I gathered 2 sacks today. They loved it.

In the wrong field

 

One of the fences on our farm had fallen over. Result: some of our sheep wandered into the field belonging to the neighbouring stables. It was time to check out what repairs were needed.

Pan Haggerty

 

Another of the meals we had recently gave us the opportunity to use some of last year's surpluses. Pan haggerty is made from potatoes, onions and cheese, all of which we have in abundance.

More pigeon cooking: toad in the hole

 

One of my favourite meals is toad-in-the-hole. It's a great recipe for using up our goats milk, our eggs and the pigeon meat we have in large quantities. The meat from pigeon breasts was made into sausages.  Definitely a meal to have again.

Omelette

 

We now have a large surplus of eggs. That means omelettes are now appearing in our diet on a regular basis. Typically we use about 9 eggs for an omelette for two. Boiled eggs for breakfast also help to use up the surplus.

More pigeon cooking: burgers

 

We've been doing a great deal of cooking with pigeon meat recently. This pigeon burger was delicious, especially with some of our homemade onion chutney. The chips were made from our own potatoes. Alas, the bread role and the salad leaves came from the local Coop so this doesn't count fully as a totally self-sufficient meal.

Redcurrant vodka

 

This redcurrant vodka was made last year using the berries left over after making redcurrant jelly. A rather pleasant fruit liqueur it has a bit of a kick from the tartness of the redcurrants.