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Dandelion Coffee
I’d heard about dandelion coffee for a while and wanted to try making my own, but would it be any good? I realise a lot of people are not too fond of dandelions in their garden and I have been on a mini-mission to change that. When they were in full bloom, I put up…
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Dandelion Biscuits
Since this weeks episode of the podcast was about the folklore of dandelions, I thought I would share with you a couple of recipes I have for making dandelion biscuits. I have to confess I have no idea where I got these from so I can’t give the proper acknowledgements – I’ll just say thank…
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Beware Multi-Tasking!
It’s not the safe, time-saving method of productivity you thought and I can prove it. Tonight I thought I would start a sourdough loaf which I could finish in the morning. The problem was our kitchen was really cold and I needed the butter softened. I took it out of the fridge and continued with…
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Apples
I had planned to do this post on apples earlier in the evening but as I’m typing I have to admit I’m a little concerned my new polytunnel won’t be there in the morning. Yes it’s getting windy, very windy. So to distract myself, let’s talk apples. I picked nearly all the apples off our…
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A Bagful of Bargains
It’s getting harder for all of us to manage as prices go up so managing to get your timing right at the supermarket will really pay off. I managed to get to the local supermarket the other night, 8:15pm to be precise. I thought there might be a few bargains I could get to put…
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Making Kefir Cheese
I like to experiment in the kitchen as well as the garden so the other day I thought I would try making the kefir cheese I’ve heard about. I got my tools together: bowl/jug, funnel, muslin I put the funnel in the jug I had and lined it with the muslin which I had soaked…
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Online Homesteading Bundle for 2024
I don’t normally buy online courses or ebooks but I jumped in with this one and it looks like it’s going to be a cracker. I saw the video Charles Dowding did about it. I follow him on YouTube and when I heard about how many people are offering ebooks and courses, especially Charles himself,…
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Kitchen Fail – beware YouTube recipes!
I like to experiment in the kitchen as well as the garden but sometimes they don’t work out too well so I’ll be more careful about YouTube recipes from now on! I’d made a lovely dinner – some chicken noodley thing with various veg thrown in. I found a packet of some tasty spicy paste…
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Hot and windy August day on the plot
I managed a trip to the allotment today to take up many bags of compost before the car goes in for it’s MOT tomorrow (which will be today when this post goes live). It was a very hot and windy day on the plot and I had the intention of sorting out the compost bins.…
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Sometimes the job just needs done
There comes a point when you can no longer put off a job which you know, and have known for ages, needs done. In this case, that job was the horror of the cupboard under the kitchen sink. It’s one of those areas we all use daily and things just get taken out and thrown…
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Perfect Pea Productivity!
We did a very quick harvesting from a couple of our pea and bean plants and the results were surprisingly positive. We only have a few snow pea plants and a short row of maincrop (kelvedon wonder) peas plus a few broad bean plants. The other day we nipped up quickly to the plot and…
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Wine making with an unusual ingredient and some kombucha news!
I took a break from the wine making for a little while but recently I’ve been making a few batches to use up some of the fruit which wasn’t at it’s best. One batch I did put in a demi-john had a terrific aroma: raspberry, blackcurrant with a hint of rhubarb! It will be a…
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