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One egg down
Alas, we have lost one of the eggs in the incubator. It was cracked and leaking egg white. The problem is of our own making. The incubator is designed for a maximum of 10 hen eggs but we put in 12. We had planned only 6 eggs but our supplier gave us 12 so all of them went into the incubator. It was a tight squeeze and as a result we ended up with one of them cracking. It’s a lesson we have learnt the hard way.
Assuming all goes well, the remaining eggs should be hatching in the week starting 18th March.
Until 2009 I was working in London, UK, but I gave it up to pursue a life of self-sufficiency. My aim is to grow or forage for all my food, produce my own power and live a healthier and greener lifestyle. I left London to return to my home village of Sunniside, near Newcastle, in the North East of England. I have a couple of plots of land there as well as the garden of my house. Our village is a commuter area for Newcastle but we are surrounded by countryside which we use for picking wild foods. My mission in life is to show that it is possible to live well without destroying the planet in the process. I am also keen to ensure knowledge of historic recipes and cooking is kept alive. I regularly try out recipes from old cookbooks using the food we have grown. I make videos about our progress and about how to cook home-grown foods. These can be viewed on www.youtube.com/jonathanwallace.
www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com
2013-03-08 05:22:25
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