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 Topic: courgette, feta & mint soup |
matt_hooks
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 17, 15 7:01 pm Subject: courgette, feta & mint soup |
Total necro-post (and I've not been on here for ages) but just making this soup, again. Amazing how some recipes just stick.
We've moved up north to Scotland, and bought ourselves a lovely place w ... |
| Topic: courgette, feta & mint soup |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Apr 27, 13 8:07 pm Subject: courgette, feta & mint soup |
| Just making this again, a firm favorite here and deserves a reminder! |
| Topic: Mysterious Disaster |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 9:26 pm Subject: Mysterious Disaster |
I'd go for mink. Otter is a possibility, but you'd likely see signs of them being around.
Do you have any live traps? I use a squirrel trap to great effect with the rats, guess it'd work just as we ... |
| Topic: Italian quail (where to source them) |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Jul 04, 12 9:22 pm Subject: Italian quail (where to source them) |
| Ah, might have to go there one day, just for the fun of it. If they have any I'm looking for four Italian Quail hens. Somewhere around �5 a bird is about max I guess, depends on how they're selling on ... |
| Topic: Italian quail (where to source them) |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Jul 02, 12 8:03 pm Subject: Italian quail (where to source them) |
Nell, not too far away, I've pm'd you.
Matt, if there are any around that'd be great. Only looking for hens though! Which market are you going to? I try to avoid them on account of not wanting to c ... |
| Topic: Tempting |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 10:51 pm Subject: Tempting |
| My previous job was in a smallish deer park with about a hundred and twenty head of deer, mix of Red, Sika, Fallow and a few Axis. We ran tractor rides into the park and the Red stags come up to be ha ... |
| Topic: Oooo Kefir is Goooood! |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 10:47 pm Subject: Oooo Kefir is Goooood! |
| That sounds interesting. If you have any spare I'd like to try it. |
| Topic: Tree munching critter... |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 10:33 pm Subject: Tree munching critter... |
They're a little more fiddly than a fully grown deer to skin, but well worth the extra effort.
I've skinned and butchered a fair few Red calves, and the meat is fantastic, tender and tasty. They we ... |
| Topic: Tempting |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 10:18 pm Subject: Tempting |
| Haha Calli, I still get them mixed up sometimes, and I've spent the last three years or so working with them! |
| Topic: Italian quail (where to source them) |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:58 pm Subject: Italian quail (where to source them) |
| Well, I've got an old two storey rabbit hutch, standard size one, I'll measure it and find out how big it is tomorrow. That should fit fine in the shed, as long as it's big enough for five birds. I sh ... |
| Topic: Italian quail (where to source them) |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:49 pm Subject: Italian quail (where to source them) |
Chez, is there anything you don't know about birds?
Looks like I'll be sectioning off the back of the shed, next to the hens. What do you do about nest boxes? Are they prone to the dreaded red mite ... |
| Topic: Hubbys new gun................ |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:43 pm Subject: Hubbys new gun................ |
| Mr O, I shot a lot of .303 as a cadet, love the sporterised number 4's. I hate British firearms law! |
| Topic: Tempting |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:40 pm Subject: Tempting |
Same round here - though the melanistics here are alot darker than these....one very prolific stag responsible round our way.
These lot know when they are safe huh ? 
You mean buck?  |
| Topic: Deer deer deer |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:34 pm Subject: Deer deer deer |
| If you still have problems with the deer, and are not averse to them entering the food chain, and are in a safe location for shooting and not too far away from me, then I might be able to help you out ... |
| Topic: Italian quail (where to source them) |
matt_hooks
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 01, 12 9:10 pm Subject: Italian quail (where to source them) |
| Ok, I've been offered an Italian quail cock, but I don't think it's fair to keep one on his own, so was hoping to source a couple or three nice hens to keep him company (no ulterior motive of course, ... |
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