{"id":143,"date":"2013-12-24T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blogtest\/?p=5"},"modified":"2013-12-24T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T07:49:00","slug":"24122013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/24122013.html","title":{"rendered":"24\/12\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n

I just thought I’d take the opportunity to post a Christmassy-type photo. Our Christmas tree finally came out of the barn a couple of weeks ago, and LSS spent an enjoyable afternoon decorating it.<\/p>\n

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Christmas tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can also see the sandy-orange walls of the lounge which I mentioned in my last post.<\/p>\n

We have sampled the cider; it tastes great although it’s not quite as effervescent as I had hoped it would be. I also brewed a new batch of beer (Victorian bitter this time) which will be ready for tasting in the New Year.<\/p>\n

Last night we tested the Rumtopf. Oh my goodness. It smells wonderful, but I’m not too sure if we’ll do it again. All the fruit tastes the same. Plums: taste like rum. Strawberries: taste like rum. Blackberries: taste like rum. Pears… well, you get the idea. I think it needs to be served with cream. In a small glass. Not a soup bowl like we did last night. It’s a good job we both like rum!<\/p>\n

Taking advantage of the dormancy of the trees, I made a start at clearing the brush and brambles around three of our apple trees, and pruning off dead and unwanted branches. There are another four trees which I still need to tackle. I cut some of the branches into short lengths and have stored them in old wooden fruit-boxes in the workshop.<\/p>\n

I plan to use the wood to create apple-smoked meat at a later date. There is one article of farm equipment which would come in very handy; perhaps we’ll keep an eye on the sales. It’s a branch chipper and shredder! Any recommendations on make and model? A petrol-powered one would be ideal; although I have access to a tractor I don’t really want to go the whole hog by getting a PTO-powered wood chipper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas! I just thought I’d take the opportunity to post a Christmassy-type photo. Our Christmas tree finally came out of the barn a couple of weeks ago, and LSS spent an enjoyable afternoon decorating it. You can also see the sandy-orange walls of the lounge which I mentioned in my last post. We have … Continue reading “24\/12\/2013”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}