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Diced Pork From The Blue Pig Company

admin | March 31, 2007

 
Preparation

The uncooked pork was already diced and the pieces were a good size.

The meat was lean, with some fat left on to keep the meat moist whilst cooking.
No extra preparation was needed for the pork before adding it to the other casserole ingredients.
The pork was cooked in a roasting tin for 3 hours in a [...]

Roe Deer

admin | March 31, 2007

Latin Name: Capreolus capreolus

Description: The roe deer is a short and stocky deer with a body length of 95-135cm. The adult roe deer has a coat that in Summer is a red-brown colour and in Winter is a grey-fawn colour. Their coat moults in April or May. Roe deer have a black nose with white marks [...]

Jumbled Up Farming Words Challenge

admin | March 31, 2007

 
 
 
 
Can you unscramble the jumbled up letters to spell a farming word?
Example: EHN = HEN
Have a go and enjoy the challenge.

TCALET

URPYLOT 

IGFRNAM

EGANIU WFLO

RTARTOC 

EIASGL

TTOOEPAS

ETWHA

YREBLA

RMREAF

SAMILNA

UPGLOH

ORSCP

BEAALR

OECBNMI EHVARRSTE

AGIRN

VTASHER

ESEPH

LBSEA

OFEMSAUHR

Click on the links below to open the Jumbled Up Farming Words challenge and solution.
Jumbled Up Farming Words Challenge
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Accidents And Injuries In Farming

admin | March 30, 2007

Health and safety on the farm is an important issue which has recently been re-highlighted with the tragic news reports (March 2007) of a 12 year old boy killed whilst driving a tractor, a man killed by a cow whilst tagging the cow’s calf and a man injured with a fractured spine whilst climbing into [...]

Deer On The Farm

admin | March 29, 2007

 
Earlier this afternoon I received a phone call from my husband, who was working in the field. I was asked to bring the camera and video recorder, as there were three deer in the field, so I gathered all the equipment and headed up the lane. As I approached the field I had a good look around [...]

Planting Flower Seeds

admin | March 29, 2007

As Sunday was such a lovely day to be outside I decided to plant some of the sunflower and marigold seeds I collected last year. This job has become an annual ritual which I thoroughly enjoy.
The sunflower seeds always remind me of my wedding day, three years ago, because the gift we placed on the tables for all our [...]

Vegetable Gardening

admin | March 28, 2007

Sunday was a glorious day to be out in the garden and so I decided it was time to make a start on my vegetable growing. Over the last few years I have tried to restore the vegetable garden to the former glory of my husband’s Grandad’s day. I am yet to achieve it!
Here is a picture [...]

Red Mites On Poultry

admin | March 28, 2007

Red mites are a parasite that suck blood. 
They can cause irritation, loss of weight, loss of egg production and anaemia in poultry.
The yellow hen flea lives in the under fluff of the bird’s feathers and can be seen when the feathers are lifted.
Red mites are generally not found in the day time.
These parasites like to feed on the [...]

Chaffinch

admin | March 27, 2007

 
 
 
 
Latin Name: Fringilla coelebs.
Description: The male chaffinch has a bright pink breast and a brown back. The rump and tail are an olive colour and the crown is a slate blue colour. The female chaffinch has similar colouring but is a little duller than the male. Both the male and female have browny black and [...]

Ladybirds

admin | March 26, 2007

  
 
 
 
Latin Name: Coccinella 7 punctata (7 spotted ladybird)

 
 
 
 
Description: Ladybirds are small, brightly coloured beetles. The black flying wings are covered by a hard shelled wing cover (elytra) that can be red, yellow or orange with black spots or more rarely stripes on it. They are approximately 1.2 – 9mm in length. Ladybirds have six legs.

 
 
 
 
Habitat: Ladybirds [...]