Everyone remembers the childhood delight of devouring hot buttered toast with a thick spread of fruity jam. Once the preserve, excuse the pun, of the formidable WI, more and more people are now ma … read more

There’s a bit of a theme running through our blog posts currently - how to store and make the best use of the abundant harvest of fresh fruit and vegetables that many of us are enjoying from our o … read more

We just love this time of the year - the garden is at its most abundant, with fruits and vegetables ready to harvest virtually every day. The autumn colours displayed across the trees and garden s … 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