When we lived around Evesham someone once told me that yellow egg plums grow true from seed. That's one of the reasons there are so many...

As our children have got older we've had to start putting more food away to last us longer.  Luckily they all love helping and the last ...

Snacks are much under rated in some self sufficiency books.  But for us they are a high priority, my kids are proper grazers and h...

I was helping with the cake cafe after school the other day and when it was time to clean up they were getting rid of anything that might g...

Autumn always seems to come faster than I expect. I do love it, but it is over so quickly and before I know it the fire is lit and winter i...

This is a bit of random one, but there is logic in my madness I promise! So I dehydrated a tin of baked beans the other day. I know thi...

My wife and I both love eating soup, it makes for a great lunch with a fresh roll or for a warming tea.   The other night I made a huge ...

1.4kg of Organic raspberries picked from the fruit garden Friday morning. Waitrose  organic  raspberries are £24 per kg so that's £...

There aren't many certainties in gardening, but I can pretty much guarantee you one - you're going to have too many courgettes!  ...

 On my never ending quest to dehydrate everything in sight after buying my new, pink, dehydrator last month I decided to quickly dehydra...

Okay with my new dehydrator I've been looking for things to dry!  I always have an abundance of rhubarb at this time of year (althou...

Well I've finally done it. I've upgraded our little dehydrating unit we bought from Poland when we were driving a camper van around...

Last year I dried a few raspberries when we had a glut, every time I've used them in my baking they've tasted amazing so this year ...