Food
Cooking and preserving home.grown and foraged food,
Dreamcatcher Tomatoes
We finally got to put up the trellis for the tomatoes. We’ve wanted to get them closer to the house for a long time, but first we had to build the house and clear the rubble. That’s taken a few…
Wild Juicing
Foraging for weeds Whatever the weather, our day starts with walking the dogs and (sometimes with cats in tow) and sometimes foraging for weeds. We are lucky to live in an area where there is no intensive farming, no crop…
Making Apple Cider Vinegar
I was given a bag of apples the other day; completely organic but I’m an apple snob. I love a crisp sharp Braeburn, but most red apples are just a bit too mealy. I’m not a fan of apple sauce…
Medusa’s Garden
Our kitchen garden is really Medusa’s Garden, the orchard and the areas around and in between. Why Medusa? Because that’s a name for the primordial serpent energy of the land and there’s that wildness here. If the land doesn’t like…
Rosehip syrup
This week I made rosehip syrup. Our hedgerows have masses of wild roses and at this time of year the hips are bright red. Rosehips are an excellent, natural and local source of vitamin C through the winter, much of…
Hay making
We’ve got a push along petrol mower and several fields that needed mowing and we were wondering how this would get done. Or perhaps we would just let the fields grow for a while. Then a neighbour showed up. Actually…
