Ramblings
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It’s a kettle with browning control
I suppose I might want to reheat frozen tea..
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It’s a white January!
Well, for an hour.
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Turning berries into jam
Last year I filled multiple delivery food containers with blackberries and strawberries from the garden, and blackberries from the massive plants that are along the road past the house. Some have been used for blackberry and apple (Bramley) crumble, and the rest got turned into jam today. Simple 1:1 ratio of jam sugar to fruit,…
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Replacing the boiler
At the end of December, the soil stack at the back of the house clogged again. It turns out whoever installed the guttering down pipe did a shit job (pardon the pun), because they never flush-trimmed the down pipe where it entered the soil stack. Instead, it stuck into the stack by several inches, resulting…
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A pre-lockdown trip
Went for a jaunt in the mountains, looked at a lake, had lunch by Threecastles, and home before dark.
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Renovating the studio: part 10
Today saw the roof plywood finished off, and a polythene sheet tacked down until mid-January. All the building supplies have been stored in the newly constructed building, the window is boarded up, and the door is in place. The yard has been washed down, but it’ll need another wash or two. The rain will help.…