Living off the land

The season of fruitfulness continues – and we still haven’t got to the season of nutfulness yet! The blackberries have just about finished, the plums are almost past their best but the apples and pears are just coming into their own. Every day sees me chopping, peeling, stewing and jamming, chutneying or jellying.
I’ve become a [...]

Hedgerow bounty

We’ve done a lot of cycling this holiday, particularly over the last ten days since we wound down the llama trekking for the summer. But the last few trips have been very slow. Are we all tired? Have we overdone the exercise? Do we need a quiet, restful day to recuperate? No – we’re going [...]