Weekend wanderings
We had beautiful weather on the weekend, more like Summer than Autumn, so I thought I would share a bit of what we got up to. I grabbed some ripe figs at the vege market […]
Author: Rachel McKelvie
April Socks
My April socks are done, these ones are for my Dad and he has wide feet so I cast on 68 stitches instead of the usual 60 for these ones. I used some yarn I […]
March Socks
My March socks are done and dusted (finished on the 28th) and I have worn them once already. This pair is knitted with West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply in the colourway Pheasant from their […]
February Socks
I have finished my February socks with one day to spare. I knitted these ones for hubby and they ended up having different toes. I made the first one too short so I unpicked it […]
Apricot and Almond no knead bread
I had another go at making the Cranberry Walnut bread recipe that I made a couple of weeks ago (this post) but this time I made it with apricots and almonds in place of the […]
Bran Muffins 3 ways
A few weeks ago one of our local Op shops had a table full of free books out the front. I grabbed a copy of The best of Alison Holst and as I was having […]
Postcrossing
I love sending and receiving mail and in April last year, I discovered Postcrossing. It is free to join and once you have signed up you are ready to send postcards. You get assigned an […]
Gardening / homegrown / Homemade / Love food hate waste / No Waste / Preserving / Recipes / recycling
Zucchini Tomato Sauce
The next chapter in the Zucchini glut saga is making some zucchini tomato sauce. I have loosely based this on Nicola Galloway’s Roasted tomato and courgette harvest sauce recipe. I used tinned tomatoes as our […]
Homemade dried herbs
I have an abundant herb garden and all of the plants are going nuts at the moment with the rain and hot weather we have had. I like to pick big bunches and hang them […]
Easy and delicious Foccacia bread
I found a delicious and easy no knead foccacia recipe on Pinterest the other day and I have made this twice now. I made a couple of tweaks to the recipe the second time I […]