Thrifty smallholders might wonder how to make new soap from old scraps that they can’t throw away. The process is quite easy. We had saved […]
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Celebrate World Egg Day Today
Today we celebrate World Egg Day! This year, the egg industry’s global campaign will focus on the brilliant versatility of the egg and its vast […]
How To Preserve Your Nightshade Harvest
Your summer bounty of tomatoes, aubergines and peppers brings joy and there are many ways to preserve your nightshade harvest for use in winter. People […]
Try Roots-to-tops Eating
You’ve heard of nose-to-tail eating ~ now try roots-to-tops eating! Not only does this way of cooking give you more veggie bang for your buck, […]
Women on Smallholdings
Some women on smallholdings might be a bit sceptical about the images that come up on Women’s Day. Here are some reasons for that. While […]
Growing Sprouts: a Different form of Cultivation
When carnivores are being derogatory about vegetarians, they often envisage them as granny print dressed sprout munchers. But there is a great deal to be […]
Preserving Lemons
Preserving Lemons Preserving lemons is one of the smallholder’s joys in winter, particularly if you have a lemon tree. There are many things that one […]
How to Make Lemon Jelly
Lemon jelly/jam: A good way to use up your lemon harvest this winter. Chop up 12 lemons and take out the pips. (These can be […]
Long Weekend Vegetable Processing
So you know about baby marrows…. This is what they should look like. Get busy and don’t get […]
Freezing Vegetables
The large heirloom tomatoes that we grow freeze well. However, experience has taught us that they are high in fluid, so we slice them into […]