Waterloo Farm: a country living blog

Our Moben Kitchens Experience …

Tammy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:16:50 +0000

Followers of the Waterloo Farm Blog will know that we have spent considerable effort remodelling the house to create a space which will one day be a ‘family room’ incorporating a kitchen,...

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How to Plant Daffodil Bulbs by Tammy!

Nigel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:05:34 +0000

Tammy’s method for planting ‘lots of’ Daffodil bulbs: Get Husband to dig a big trench 3 times the depth of the bulbs Line bottom with sharp sand (helps with the drainage as...

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Garden Transformation: Part 3 – Ditch Filling

Nigel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:36:47 +0000

Well the last part of the weekend in August that we spent transforming the drive, and to some degree the garden, was spent levelling in the ditch. It is not clear from the pics, but there was a drop...

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Garden Transformation – Driveway and Beds Part 2

Nigel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:15:48 +0000

Since the first time we saw Waterloo Farm there was no real distinction between the front and back of the house. This was largely due to a large shingled turning circle/parking area that is in the...

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Garden Transformation – Driveway Part 1

Nigel — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:11:08 +0000

This took place in the summer, but only just got round to blogging about it as we have been busy, busy! For some of you following the blog you will know that traditionally the parking for Waterloo...

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Sloe Gin Recipe – progress

Nigel — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:17:35 +0000

Since I have my first post on the sloe gin recipe we have had a significant influx of visitors to the site, clearly there is a high demand for sloe gin this year! I guess now we have started to have...

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Grow-your-own Butternut Squash

Tammy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:53:44 +0000

You may remember that I have been trying to grow some veg without a proper veg patch this year (see here for previous posts on the subject)! Well, I recently harvested my butternut squash and thought...

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Stunning Norfolk Sunset

Nigel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:24:19 +0000

There is not a lot I can say about this other than we do get some amazing Sunsets in Norfolk – must be all those big skies we have! This was photographed a couple of nights ago from the back...

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Sloe Progress – Gin Recipe

Nigel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:57:52 +0000

As reported in this post on of me trying to follow my first sloe gin recipe, I wanted to give you a progress report! I have been shaking the sloe gin every day since it was bottled, and it has now...

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Home Made Sloe Gin and Recipe (Blackthorn/Prunus spinosa)

Nigel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:22:57 +0000

Woo hoo! I am really excited (I know sad!) to share my first attempt at making home made Sloe Gin! We went for a walk on Sunday afternoon around the very quiet country roads around the village,...

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