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The Joy of Making Your Own Wine!
I thought I would share with you one of my more secret hobbies – the wonderful world of wine making. I say its a secret hobby because I don’t advertise I make it or suddenly everyone would want to be my friend – and I’m greedy. Actually it was a neighbour who got me into…
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My Biggest Blogging Mistake: from llamas to rat traps….
I realised this week that as bloggers go, I haven’t reached the point where it has become second nature. I go about my daily business and its not till later I think, “oh, I should have taken a photo of that”. It could be because the equipment I have to take photos with are a…
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Kale Salad…that actually tastes delicious – honest.
If you think you “don’t like kale” – I’m here to change your mind! I recently went up to the allotment and during the usual tidying and preparing for the season, I noticed my kale plants were looking pretty good for the time of year. So naturally I brought home armfuls of the stuff. Then…
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Slicing a home-made loaf of bread?
This method is a game changer!! If you bake your own bread, you’ll know what its like trying to slice the thing and not succeeding in getting lovely uniform slices. I have an easier way I’d like to show you so that you can achieve just that. My method makes your bread easier to slice…
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Nettle Soup
Nettle Soup: The perfectly healthy Spring-time pick-me-up What you need: Foraged nettle tops – about 2 gloved handfuls should be enough 1 onion 1 clove garlic Couple of potatoes – peeled and chopped Chunk of butter Vegetable stock What to do: You can watch the video I made on Youtube about how to make this…
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10 Tips to save YOU Money
(This article was originally written about a year prior to the date of publishing here. More updated articles to follow so watch this space!!) At the time of writing, we keep being reminded we are in an “economic crisis”. All of us, in every country, at the same time. So I thought it would be…
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