Autumn Ride

No school today because of the strike, so we took advantage of the wonderful weather to have some quality time with Ruadhri and go on a sunny fruit-picking bike ride. We did our usual route in reverse for a change, so for once I wasn’t speeding downhill past this incredible apple tree. I think there [...]

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 [...]

Free Food

Everywhere we look at the moment, there is free food to be found in the hedgerows and trees. We’d be crazy to ignore it?