Sorrel and sorrel pesto
Sorrel is one of those plants that once you find seems to be everywhere! I can’t resist nibbling on the odd leaf while passing. The main wild sorrel you will find is sheep’s sorrel, in […]
September 2008
Elderberry Wine – Extract from the Self sufficientish Bible
THE ELDERBERRY WINE RECIPE – taken from The Selfsufficientish Bible published by Shodder and Stoughton Our parents, who are fortunate enough to have an elder tree at the bottom of their garden, have tried various […]
Hazelnut milk
Hazelnut milk If you’ve been lucky enough to grow or forage an abundance of hazelnuts then this is a great way to use them up. It also makes a delicious alternative to cows milk. Method […]
Autumn Smoothie
Autumn is a great time to pick apples, blackberries, the last of the plums and nuts. This recipe combines all of them together in one delicious smoothie. It is a quite complicated process if you […]
Pear Wine – Andy Hamilton
Dave and I were sitting having a meeting the other day (End of August) and we noticed a massive pear tree laden with pears from the window. Straight after the meeting we ran out to […]
Hawthorn Berry Wine – Andy Hamilton
There are always hawthorn berries all over the place in the Autumn and this year I decided that I would make the most of them and drink them. Last year I wrote “There are probally […]
The Common Mallow – Malva sylvestris
The mallow is one the largest and perhaps one of the most useful wildflowers that can be found whilst out walking. Found all over the UK, in mainland Europe, North Africa, Asia and naturalized in […]