May is the most magical month. It certainly feels that way down here on the farm in Devon, the emergence of the sun being very welcome indeed. It has been a hard winter for smaller local farmers. One lost 80 sheep and lambs to the cold. Nothing grew. The fields went brown.
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Microsoft grabs a slice of app action
Thursday 25 April 2013
Gamers don’t help themselves, do they? It’s well known that we here at Trending love eating pizza as much as we enjoy playing some digital slice of entertainment, but we try not to have a combo of the two, lest we unwittingly stereotype ourselves.
Wild garlic salt
Saturday 20 April 2013
This is great to use as a seasoning for meats and fish or add to a marinade for an early-summer barbecue.
Where the wild things are: Mark Hix goes foraging
Saturday 20 April 2013
If you go down to the woods today, you could find a savoury delight – wild garlic. Freshly foraged ingredients make wonderful sauces, says our chef.
Garlic butter
Saturday 20 April 2013
This is a handy butter to keep in a roll in the freezer. Just slice up from frozen, and serve on grilled meats and shellfish, or use it to finish a pasta or risotto. Add some finely-chopped fresh chillies for a bit of a kick.
Garlic scam man awaits cut in sentence
Monday 04 February 2013
A businessman jailed over a 1.6 million euro (£1.3 million) garlic import duty scam has been remanded back into custody while appeal judges decide by how much to reduce his sentence.
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'He was lucky he didn't die' - George Michael fell out of speeding car onto M1 motorway, according to eye witness
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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'It was just like the movie Twister': Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall
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