Summer Daze – BBQ cooking al fresco
The Great Storm of 2019 – We Will Rebuild
So the great storm has passed and another damn fence panel has fallen over. Added to which one of our bee hives was blown over. Cue many annoyed bees. EmmCee has righted the hive, she’s so brave. And my workbank has increased from put up one fence panel to put up two fence panels and a post. Plus fix any other dodgy posts. Still we will not give in. We will rebuild 😀
Cooking with the Monsters: Lasagne
So occasionally I feel sufficiently foolhardy that I think cooking with my children is a good idea and this weekend was one of those occasions.
Over the years EmmCee and I have tried lots of different forms of cooking but it’s been a few years since we last made fresh pasta so we thought that might be a fun activity with A-Bomb and the Terminator. So this weekend we decided to include the kids in making lasagne from scratch.
Now given that I wanted this to take less than 12 hours I decided to make the ragu and bechamel sauces myself and only include the kids in the pasta making and assembly.
Continue reading “Cooking with the Monsters: Lasagne”Beekeeping – hefting the hives
It’s that time of year to give the bees a quick heft to check that they have enough food to last them through until the spring flowers arrive. Although I heft the hives each year I am still never confident that there is enough food inside, even for those that feel they have a reasonable weight. So I decide to do what I usually do and that is feed each hive with some fondant, with the rationale that if they don’t need it they won’t eat it, and that is better than them starving. This year I have elected to make the fondant rather than simply buy it which is what I usually do.
Continue reading “Beekeeping – hefting the hives”New additions to the household
So nearly 9 months after Precious passed away we’ve decided to get another cat, or should I say cats. We’re re-homing two cats from the local branch of Cats Protection.
Continue reading “New additions to the household”Building the site and tales of the Good Life
Well I’m learning about WordPress little bit by little bit. I’m going to try and populate a few pages over the next few weeks probably starting with a little of our story starting with our original Fat Cat’s Patch in Oxfordshire. Continue reading “Building the site and tales of the Good Life”
Hello world from Fat Cat’s Patch
So here it is our first post from the new website. It’s been a long time in coming I think I first bought the domain name two years ago and got the hosting package 2 months ago.
I hope anyone who finds this finds it a fun an interesting site and as a complete novice web site builder and distinctly average self promoter feel free to offer feedback.
The eponymous Fat cat is above named in honour of our sadly departed Mitzy who was the original fat cat.
There will be more to follow in short order I hope and the website design and branding will soon develop.
Lots of love GymCee and EmmCee