It’s been quite a mixed bag this growing season, with weather that seems to have lurched from one extreme to the other between the start of Spring to where we are now, with Autumn fast approachi … read more

As the nights start drawing in and the daytime temperatures become a little more unpredictable, those of us with fruit or vegetable gardens are busy gathering in the produce we’ve tended and cared … read more

The long, long weeks of pandemic lockdown forced many of us to come up with more and more ways to keep ourselves occupied. We baked, we sewed, we gardened like there was no tomorrow, and some of u … read more

This year has proved to be something of a topsy-turvy year in more ways than one, with the Coronavirus lockdown turning everything on its head and the weather mixing things up quite a bit to boot. … read more

If you’ve ever been given a jar of homemade jam or chutney by a friend or neighbour and been left in doubt about what is actually in the jar, how hygienically it has been prepared or just how long … read more