What have you been doing today?

[judydawn]

A handy gadget Chookie. Enjoy the puppy, he won't be there much longer will he?

[achookwoman]

Last night I cooked up a large pot of mixed grains, beans and seeds. I replace 100g of flour with this mix in my No Fuss bread.  Will have to find some other ways to use it as well.

[Cornish Cream]

An inaugural Food Fair set up site for two days in fields right behind the lane where I live. DS and I ambled over to have a look. Quite good although a little disappointing that there wasn't really locally produced foods for sale. I wanted to buy local honey and cold pressed rapeseed oil but  I did buy "wet garlic" from the Isle of Wight, Perry Cider and Dry Cured Bacon. I did have a very nice Cappuccino and a Hog Roast Bap with apple sauce and sage and onion stuffing. I could only eat half of it, it was massive

[achookwoman]

CC, these events sometimes take a while to get going. Nice and handy and you did get some goodies.
We are thinking of getting some bee hives. In Ballarat there is a couple who will set them up at your house and fully service them. You pay $250 a year and get a proportion of the honey. About 30 kilos. We are paying about $15 a kilo at the moment.

[Katj]

CC I hope your local a Food Fair continues to grow, 'tis always nice to stroll around and see what's on offer.
Chookie, I think that deal with the Beehives is great! And to get fresh raw honey for yourselves is a good thing. We all need bees.

[judydawn]

How convenient to have a food fair that close to your house Denise, you did well with the goodies you did buy.
Go for it Chookie, it's an offer too good to refuse.

[cookie1]

Denise that sounds fun, especially being so close.
Chookie I'd love to have fresh honey on tap!  One of the guys I worked with had hives and offered to help me set up, unfortunately DH has had some bad reactions to be stings so I thought it wise not to do it.

[Cuilidh]

Chookie, I like the sound of the bee hives and would love to have some, but wedon't really go through much honey are only a small property so probably wouldn't work, which is a shame as we need to encourage as many bees as we can.

[Cuilidh]

This isn't really what we have been doing today, but on Friday night all of our staff went to a concert by a quartet called FourPlay and it was brilliant.  They were far from a conventional string quartet and the concert was incredibly vibrant and very exciting.  I didn't think I would like it, but they held me, and everyone else in the audience, spellbound for the entire time.

[cookie1]

That's wonderful Marina. A lovely surprise for all of you.

[achookwoman]

Marina, that is great. Nice to enjoy some music when you don't expect to.

[obbie]

bee hives are really easy to look after. we used to have them down near the macadamia tree. great honey as well.

[achookwoman]

About to go shopping for weekly supplies.
Now I can see what I have because of the new drawers, I won't have to buy much. Trying the $100 a week programme.

[cookie1]

Good luck with  it Chookie.

[achookwoman]

About to go shopping for weekly supplies.
Now I can see what I have because of the new drawers, I won't have to buy much. Trying the $100 a week programme.

Didn't work. Although I probably have enough Fruit and veggies to last for 2 weeks. .