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The Pig Diaries
Philip’s amazing fresh apple juice is plucked from the trees We know winter’s on the way at Moons Green. The great branches of Philip’s 20-year old Howgate Wonders are arching towards the ground with ripe, red-striped apples. This year … Continue reading
A ham to make you drool
The Pig Diaries, cont. A ham to make you drool It’s been painful, the waiting. The number of times I’ve looked up at the muslin bags dangling over the front entrance of the farmhouse and wondered what’s happening to our … Continue reading
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The Pig Diaries, cont August 24th, 2010
End of summer update! John’s ham research gets serious I’ve been talking about it for long enough but I finally succumbed to my friend Linda’s prodding and left the farm to fly to Spain and a few days tracking down … Continue reading
The Bread Oven
The Bread Oven: what’s really going on! That last posting was typical Bill understatement and requires immediate clarification. Forget his description of his latest project as “a wood-fired bread oven in the gardens”. Think more in terms of the famous … Continue reading
The Bread Oven
Well, I don’t quite remember whose idea it was, but we are in the process of building a wood-fired bread/pizza oven in the gardens. Certainly, as always at Moons Green, alcohol was involved… and I seem to remember Doig and … Continue reading
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The Pig Diaries
Eleven Piglets! Moons Green’s first Old Spot birth goes splendidly! John had left the day before for France. Bill had left the night before for Sweden. The entire Moons Green communal operation was in the hands of Farmer Phil and … Continue reading
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The Pig Diaries
Moons Green Handmade Pies are launched and we sell out before lunch is over! John’s pie venture is now underway and its first outing was a resounding success. Hundreds of people attending the Wealden Times Midsummer Fair at Brick House … Continue reading
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The Pig Diaries
Our first ham is swaying gently in the Moons Green summer breezes under the farm verandah While we’re trying to master a number of technologies to construct our second curing chamber for chorizo and saucisson a much more traditional science … Continue reading
The Pig Diaries
Moons Green first homemade pies will be quietly launched at The Wealden Times Summer Fair, June 10th-12th John has had his head in the oven for almost six months perfecting a range of homemade pies that he hopes will hit … Continue reading
The Pig Diaries
“Vivre La France!” The Parisian Deux Chevaux Club arrives for a night at Moons Green Anyone who’d been anywhere near Moons Green on the summer evening of June 5th would have been surprised to witness a convoy of immaculate Citroen … Continue reading
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