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<p class="has-drop-cap">It's been a while since I've posted a photo of my food but I tried a new recipe over the weekend and it turned out rather well, even if I do say so myself. It's very simple - marinated lamb steaks on a bed of pearl barley mixed with broad beans, green beans and red onion plus the zest and juice of a lemon. I decorated the plate with rocket as a little extra.</p>
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<p>The recipe can be found on <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/marinated-lamb-steaks-barley-salad" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC Good Food website</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap">At one point it didn't look as though I was going to get any bees this summer after my beekeeping mentor and friend, Gary, had a bit of a mishap with his bees. The local association completely ignored my interest in acquiring new bees so the only option left to me was to travel to Warwickshire to buy a colony which I wasn't keen to do. Just by chance one of Gary's hives swarmed and he managed to catch them. He put them into a nucleus box and I hope to collect them in the next couple of weeks.</p>
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<p>In preparation for the bees I've constructed, with the help of a friend, a fine mesh screen around where the bee hives will be placed. Hopefully the bees will fly over the screen and avoid stinging me. Also I hope they are not as aggressive as the last bees I had - they were not fun to work with.</p>
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