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Mushroom ragu with a good glug of port because it’s Christmas
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That’s me finished until I find something to do in January, sorted the water problem out and managed to get get a flow rate of about 15 litres per minute by reducing the tank outlet size, still can’t really see the benefit of it for what it’s cost, but as long as it’s working that will do for me
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I was meant to be finished for the year yesterday but I had a call from a mate saying the water system he’d fitted into a stable block wasn’t working properly and the ball valve in the tank wasn’t working and it was overflowing. So I went and had a look, turns out the outlet for the tank goes back into the inlet ( they thought it would give them more pressure ) all that’s happening is when everything is full, it’s pushing water back up the outlet into the tank and overflowing, this whole system achieves nothing so I don’t know what they want me to do about it without a pump being fitted t
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Tried a garlic and thyme poached chicken recipe tonight, I made a gravy from the poaching liquid, it was absolutely lovely, and I’ve got enough gravy to freeze when it’s cooled
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That looks mint, I like to think I could still ride the sh*t out of that, but in reality I’d probably ( no definitely) fall off it in spectacular fashion now
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As always after a Sunday roast we’re having Monday stroganoff and very nice it was too, I’m managing to get more Dijon mustard in every time without Mrs Stav complaining
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Little bit of roast beef today
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Leg of mince tonight
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No, I’ll just run the sthil saw along the edge when it’s gone off and let the grass go up to it, it’s just a free job this, at a mate’s bungalow he’s doing up to sell, we had enough left from a job so we thought we’d chuck it down here just to tidy it up
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Nice, easy one
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Little resin path this morning
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Felt like a toad in the hole night, so that’s what we had
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Gate made and fitted, 50 meters of wire fence up and half a dozen cherry blossom trees in, that’s me done here until the new year
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Think this place could be my retirement job, just loads of little jobs, nobody bothering me, just left to get on with it
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Chicken stroganoff tonight and it was bloody lovely
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Just me and Mrs Stav this year, I’ve had a house full for the past 7 years, not sure how I feel about not having anyone this year, because she’s going to want to talk to me, if I’m the only other person in the house
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Miserable day to be feeding the flying chickens, the state of it up here I could do with swapping them for ducks
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Pork choppy things tonight
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I wouldn’t of put these in if they’d be sitting in wet soil but with it being built up and the soil is from next to the river Tees so it’s really good quality and free draining, they should be fine
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No fish in it yet, I’m trying to convince them not to put koi in it, it would be perfect for trout, it goes from 6” at one end to almost 7’ deep at the other and it’s got a constant fresh water inlet, it would be criminal not to put trout in it
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That will do for today, she’s ordered 5 per meter so I’ve got a few left because that’s too many with the laurel, she’s also asked if we’ll plant the pond up that we did for them, of course we will, so I’ll now be on YouTube because I’ve made a few ponds but never planted one
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Best time of year to do it, they are being planted on built up ground as well so their feet won’t be too wet over winter, a couple of years ago they got a grant to make a small woodland, they wanted us to do it but had to have someone like natural England to do it, they did it in late spring, 90% are dead, where as the hedge I planted for them in the November is now 3’ high and ready to be cut back I did this one 3 years ago same time of year and never had to replace any
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Yep
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Been well stitched up today, was asked could I spare a day to plant a few things, turns out it’s 500 cherry laurel and a dozen trees, don’t think I’ll get it all done in a day
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Big old chicken dinner today, think I’m going to struggle to keep my eyes open for the snooker this afternoon
