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I just found out that I broke my RSS feed in January, so readers in Bloglovin and Feedly have a bit of catching up to do!




Here's what you may have missed.  I think its all fixed no and I'll stop fiddling with it, so you should keep seeing my posts again :)

Make sure that you are following this RSS link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EightAcres


Pack your own lunch recipes - January 2017



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  1. Ah! I wondered what had happened thought it was my techhy ineptitude. Good to have you back Liz.

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  2. Wow a flood of Farmer Liz posts, lots of reading to do!

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  3. I wondered what had happened to you, Liz. I follow your posts in my Reading List in the Blogger Dashboard but they are all coming through loud and clear now :-)

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  4. Oh I thought it was just me! I had to go physically looking for your posts, so I didn't miss any, thankfully. I don't know what RSS is, but I'm glad it's sorted anyway. I'm lurking here Liz, but sorry about the lack of comment from me. It's enough to turn on my laptop a couple nights a week, without having to find sensible words to put together; such is the busy-ness and then exhaustion of my life of late. Retirement is around the corner, and I'm dreaming of all the things I'll catch up on then.

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