These roasted vine tomatoes are such a delicious way to cook, and serve, the best of the seasons’ tomatoes! Sweet, lightly charred and so, so juicy! We are deep into tomato season here on the farm. The first fruits of…
How to Make Blackberry Lollipops
If you’ve ever wondered how to make blackberry lollipops, using fresh and foraged blackberries, you’re in the right place! In the following tutorial, I walk you through how to make simple fruity lollipops using just 2 ingredients… I’m…
10 Good Reasons To Bulk Buy Bicarb of Soda (Baking Soda)
If you are wanting to shift away from buying lots of different chemical based, highly packaged cleaning goods, Bicarbonate of Soda (or Baking Soda as it’s known in the US) is a really good place to start. Smell Buster To…
A Mid Season Look at Tomato Blight
After our early blight attack here, I thought it time to share a little mid-season update. The Cornish summer has once again been damp, which sadly makes the perfect growing conditions for blight. However, we have fared better than ever before in…
Home Made Pizza Sauce
I’ve never made Pizza from scratch before, and I had no idea it would take so long. Overall, I reckon it is worth the effort, but only on a day when there isn’t much else on! My half had to…
Blackcurrant Syrup Recipe (AKA Make Your Own Ribena!)
This Blackcurrant Syrup recipe is SO simple to make. So if you grow, or can source, a bunch of blackcurrants this year. Do yourself a favour and make this recipe pronto! Have you ever considered making your own Ribena…
How to Butcher a Chicken
In this article we’ll walk you step by step through how to butcher a chicken. This is a great skill to learn that will definitely save you money. Next time you have a recipe that calls for a couple of…
Tomato Blight – 4 (All Natural) Prevention Tips
Tomato Blight is every tomato growers nightmare. Here’s my tips to control this devastating disease and prevent against it in the future. The tell tale signs of tomato blight have hit us extra early this year. It doesn’t normally…
5 Top Tips For Newbie Bread Bakers
I’ve ‘tried’ making bread in the past and just assumed I wasn’t any good at it. What I now realise is, as with pretty much everything else in life, practice pays off! I’m currently baking about 8 loaves a week:…
The Cornwall RV 2012
What a brilliant weekend it was, maybe the best yet…? The RV started back in 2007 with just a handful of us, and this year there was roughly 200. It’s run by Footsteps of Discovery, a local woodland based school of…
The (Lazy) Natural Way to Clean Oven Glass
I’m a slob. I don’t want you to be under any kind of illusion here, housework and I don’t hang out very often. However with VIP visitors next week, the past few days have been a whirlwind of scrubbing, cleaning and…
Breeding Mealworms as a Live Food Treat For Your Chickens
This is 3 of the 4 stages a mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) goes through. They are all sat in the bowl of a teaspoon to give you an idea of their size. In the first picture is a freshly hatched Darkling…
3 Simple Steps to Clipping a Chickens Flight Feathers
Although chickens can’t actually fly, they can certainly flap theirs wings energetically enough to clear a fence and cover a distance of 15 foot or so. A good way to sort this is to follow these 3 Simple Steps to…
Crispy Fried Squirrel Recipe
This crispy fried squirrel recipe turns the meat from a wild, grey squirrel into a very ecologically sound choice for conscious cooks. However cute they be, wild grey squirrels here in the UK are considered a vermin. 1981, the…
Coronation Egg Salad : A Quick and Easy Recipe
This simple Coronation Egg salad is next level. Imagine… creamy mayo, sweet mango chutney, a hint of curry spices the crunch of onion and celery. It’s a classic! Whenever we have a glut of eggs to use up, this quick…
Raising Muscovy Ducks
This concise article will answer every question you never thought to ask about raising Muscovy ducks. They are the most wonderful creatures that make great pets, eggs layers or backyard flock. OK, get your sniggering out of the way. This…
Felted Lambswool and Cashmere Fingerless Gloves
Ooh, this was fun. Totally the wrong time of year of course to be wearing heavy felted gloves even if they are fingerless, but no doubt winter will be with us once again before too long. They started off as…
How to Poach the Perfect Egg
If you’ve ever wondered how to poach the perfect egg, you’re in luck! Just keep reading… My absolute favourite breakfast of the moment, is poached egg on crisp double toasted rye spread with rich wholegrain mustard. I’m generally eating it…
Hammock Underblanket Tutorial – Part 2
This two part hammock underblanket tutorial will show you how to turn a cheap, second hand sleeping bag into a cosy blanket to keep you warm when sleeping in a hammock. Part one of this tutorial is here. Now, where were…
Hammock Underblanket Tutorial – Part 1
This two part hammock underblanket tutorial will show you how to turn a cheap, second hand sleeping bag into a cosy blanket to keep you warm when sleeping in a hammock. Part two is here. I sleep in a hammock…
The Best Flapjack Recipe in the Whole Wide World – Ever!
The Best Flapjack Recipe in the Whole Wide World. Ever. Quite a claim huh? Well, all I can say is give this recipe a go and see what you think. I’m pretty sure you’re not going to be disappointed ;)…
Swedish Lapland
Jon and I have been reminiscing today about our trip to Sweden in 2007. It is such a remarkable country, I remember flying over it on arrival and being amazed at how little concrete there is. It is a magical…
Footsteps of Discovery – Basic Survival Course
We’ve just got back from doing the basic survival course down with the Footsteps of Discovery guys in Cornwall. Rocked up on Friday night, slung the hammocks up and met our fellow survivor, Gareth. Had a nice evening round the…
Nettle Soup Recipe + How to Forage Stinging Nettles Safely
Stinging nettle soup is an easy and safe introduction to the wonderful world of foraging. Nettles are extremely good for you, they taste great, and the best bit? They are free to all those that take the time to forage…
Campfire Chapati Flatbread Recipe
This campfire chapati flatbread recipe is the perfect bread to cook over an open fire when camping It’s quick to knock up and great fun to dunk in a good curry or wrap around BBQ’d meats. Ah, the joys of…
Welcome
Welcome to our indulgence. Our intention is to use this blog as a storage facility and a resource file for the future, as we log our seasonal foragings and adventures. You are more than welcome to join us…