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Our first duck egg of the year
Much to my surprise this morning, I found an egg in the duck run. We haven't had any duck eggs laid since early November and I wasn't expecting any until March. Once of the ducks has started laying early though we wait to see if it is a one off or not. My suspicion is that it was laid by one of the ducks we hatched in the summer. She is making an early start to earning her keep.
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
Source: http://self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2015/01/our-first-duck-egg-of-year.html
