Elderflower Cordial 2
Elderflower Cordial 2 An easy recipe for bulk amounts There are countless recipes for elderflower cordial. Here is one for making bulk amounts taught to me by a Swedish girl. We do have a recipe […]
Articles by Trish Ish
Growing in Small Spaces part 1
Growing in a small space tests even the greenest of fingers. Part of the problem could be the light or lack of it. Another problem with growing in a small space could be the lack […]
Winter foraging
Winter foraging may seem a bit of a waste of time, surely nothing grows during the dark, wet days of winter. It’s true that there is a lot less than at other times of the […]
Growing in Small Spaces 1 – Garden Shelves
The easiest way to cram a lot of plants into a small space is to grow them in pots on weather-proof shelves. Cheap(ish) plastic garden shelving can now be bought from major retailers. However, in […]
Elderflower fritters
Elderflower as a food should never be eaten raw as the flowers, like the berries, contain a mildly poisonous alkaloid which is destroyed by cooking. It has widely been used as a food and native […]
Self-sufficiency as a retirement strategy part 4 Energy and Water
In this forth part of the series on Self-sufficiency as a retirement strategy by Nev Sweeney we look at Energy and water. Energy We all use energy in out lives, to cook our food, power […]
Selfsufficiency as a retirement strategy part 3 Livestock
Most retirement strategies focus on “wealth creation”. The aim is to provide you with enough cash to maintain your extravagant pre-retirement lifestyle. Not necessarily a bad thing in itself, but there is a better way […]
Self-sufficiency as a retirement strategy part 2 Food-Veggies
Self-sufficiency as a retirement strategy is a series of articles by Self-sufficiency guru Nev Sweeney Most retirement strategies focus on “wealth creation”. The aim is to provide you with enough cash to maintain your extravagant […]
What did I do wrong in the vegetable garden!? Part 2
Part 2 Following on from part 1,What did I do wrong in the vegetable garden? Half the battle is finding out what we did wrong! This article should help all the problems you had with […]
Wild Mezze Platter
I love Middle Eastern food in all shapes and forms. Nothing satisfies me more than tucking into a nice mezze platter. However as all the exotic ingredients have to be flown from half way […]