During the recent spate of good weather I got busy and fixed the failing polytunnel. Join me for the adventure and learn how to do it yourself!

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In their annual Christmas caper, The Wife & Daughter appear in Kitchen Studio to whip up some mayhem and a Buche de Noel.

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Here’s a short film to cheer the mid-winter soul. I meant this as a Christmas greeting of sorts, but it’s a bit late, as usual. The sentiment remains the same though!

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Here’s a little film which has been in the works for a short while. A day in the baking life of our wood fired, masonry oven. Enjoy!

Note: I've fixed the audio and video so they match now. Sorry for any earlier confusion.

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Recently, we fired up the Wood Oven to bake bread. In order to achieve the maximum bake we preheat the oven the night before and usually bake pizza while we do. Here then is a short film about that activity. A fuller feature is coming about baking bread in the oven. Kudos to Big Ed to getting me out there to film the process!

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