by Richard | Nov 1, 2023 | autumn, Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Pumpkin & Butternut Squash Soup Don’t throw away your Halloween pumpkin, instead follow this simple recipe to make a warming and healthy soup. Rich in Beta-carotene which is converted to Vitamin A in the body. Pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes...
by Richard | Mar 25, 2023 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Nature, Recipe, Spring
Wild Garlic / Ramsoms / Ransoms / Somerset’s ‘Onion Stinkers’ / stink bombs or stinking nannies are widely available to forage throughout the British Isles particularly in the Westcountry where it grows in abundance in woodland & hedgerows. Often...
by Richard | Jan 22, 2023 | Blog, farming, Nature, Uncategorised, Winter
Cold Frosty mornings are perfect for a great Sunrise. Here it was about minus 4 which did no favours for my hands. Luckily the phone had sufficient battery in the cold. The Time lapse video incorporates about 7 minutes of actual footage. A tripod is required to keep...
by Richard | Apr 3, 2022 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Try Bannock Cross Buns this Easter With Easter approaching I thought i would try an alternative to traditional hot cross buns. Sourdough Selkirk Bannock Buns. Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban bun in...
by Richard | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog, Cooking, history, Homemade, Recipe
Making Homemade soft cheese is both easy and rewarding and can start you on a quest leading to greater things. Cheese in all is various forms has been part of Human culture for thousands of years and its true origins are unknown. Principally it began as a means of...
by Richard | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Baking Sourdough Bread Having made the Sourdough Starter (Levain) you can now embark on making your own Sourdough Loaves. If your starter has been dormant you will need to bring it back to life by feeding and watering it a few days before using. As mentioned last...
