Things to do with stale bread
Bread can often go stale before you get a chance to eat it all. If you see patches of mould growing on the surface it is a good sign that the bread is no-longer edible […]
Articles by Trish Ish
Nettle Haggis
Nettle Haggis Nettle Haggis is perhaps one of the cheapest recipes I’ve ever made (especially if you leave out the bacon) and one of the first to feature on Self-Sufficientish back when the site started […]
Wild in the city
If you think about wild food do you picture a woodland miles from anywhere full of unusual plants and mushrooms with strange unpronounceable names? Perhaps foraging is something you know a little about and you […]
Where to garden if you don’t have one, Part 2
In the first part of where to garden I covered garden share schemes and community gardens. These are the obvious first choices but they are by no means all there is to offer for the […]
Where to garden if you don’t have one part 1
David Attenborough has described humans a “plague on the earth”. This ever-increasing ‘plague’ of humans has meant less room for what was once a necessity, a small patch of land which to grow food. However, […]
Hawthorn Ketchup recipe
During most of my autumn courses I either run through how to make hawthorn ketchup or I have some on hand to try (preferable both!). This year I thought I would at least get round […]
Everyday plants with edible uses
Fuchsia Both the flowers and berries of the fuchsia are edible. There are even recipes for fuchsia berry jam! The flavour varies from juicy to petrol like. Season – All year round in some parts […]
No-Dig Gardening
The following article first appeared in ‘Grow your own’ magazine back in February as part of my ‘Theory Behind…’ series. In traditional gardening and farming, land is weeded and/or cleared of crops before a soil […]
How much do you save from growing your own? By Jono Stevens of Real men sow
In this our second instalment of guest blogs, Jono Stevens founder and chief of the excellent one man blog Real Men Sow “a cheery allotment blog”, tells us just how much an allotment can save […]