{"id":1607,"date":"2024-03-24T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2024-03-24T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:18:45","slug":"the-country-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2024\/03\/24\/the-country-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Country Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I set up a WhatsApp group for the locals, so I can let them know when I have eggs available.<\/p>\n

“Hello Richard!” they’ll message, “Any eggs available today?”<\/p>\n

At this time of year, with an average of 4 eggs daily, the answer is invariably ‘yes!’, and they’ll pop round, cash in hand, 20 minutes later.<\/p>\n

There’s something deeply satisfying about the whole arrangement.<\/p>\n

I also have a standing order (6 eggs\/fortnight) and an advance order for Easter Saturday, so I have to watch supplies, but I still had 2 eggs at lunch today, as well as enough to make gelato<\/a> and pavlova.<\/p>\n

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In news to warm the cockles of Henry’s<\/a>, I planted out my potatoes today. Jenny<\/a> has been chitting the Maris Pipers and the Charlottes since January<\/a>, and now they’re looking alien enough to go in the ground. It’s also past the Spring Solstice, so the time is right, and in they go.<\/p>\n

I’ve got 2 rows of six of each, plus a couple of tubs for the leftovers. It’s taken about 8 years but the main ‘physic’ patch in the garden felt like real soil this afternoon, so we’re hopeful for a decent crop.<\/p>\n

\"Po-tay-toes\"<\/a>

Po-tay-toes<\/p><\/div>\n

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