Monthly Archives: April 2009

Storing Fruit & Vegetables

Beetroot and Carrots Pack in slightly damp sand without touching each other in a frost free outbuilding…….will keep until May Solid Cabbage & Main Crop Potatoes Pack in dry straw not touching in frost free building…..will keep until April Apples Wrap each one in newspaper and store in a shallow tray .Do not store next…

Hoolets In The Hayshed

When we first came to Lanternside the local expert told us we were too high up to get barn owls but we soon saw them along the roadside at night in areas lying higher than our place. Then two years ago we were approached by National Parks, advised by the same expert, to see if…