Reflecting on the couple of years since we first got our allotment plot it feels like we’ve really had everything thrown at us so far. From cold snaps and late harsh frosts to the recent record-breaking heat waves, and from periods of drought to the pretty disastrous flooding our plot suffered last year, each have […]
The elderflowers are out and summer feels like it’s really here. I find myself making more and more with elderflowers every year as they’re wonderfully abundant and so incredibly fragrant and delicious. They also keep their flavour really well with heat which I find isn’t the case with many of the other wild ingredients I […]
A couple of weeks ago, on the 17th January, I shared a Wassail greeting on Instagram to celebrate the start of a new growing year. I also have had messages from friends commenting on the current monotony of the seemingly endless lockdown and both got me thinking about finding new, or in fact ancient ways […]