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  • Fresh Pickings!

    Fresh Pickings!

    Some of the food we’ve got growing in the garden was ready for picking last week, so naturally I took a photo (it’s not great, the camera on my phone isn’t very good!). We got a full box of green beans and some lovely little...

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  • This Summer’s Fruit and Veg

    This Summer’s Fruit and Veg

    We’ve just moved house again and so again for another year everything is growing in pots or troughs. I started my chilli plants early this year, and at first they started quite well, giving me about 7 decent plants, however after repotting them they seem...

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  • Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    In the UK fast food profits are apparently up due to people opting for buying takeaways instead of going out to restaurants and spending more than they can afford. I can partly understand the theory but I don’t agree that a pizza from Dominoes is...

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  • Bake Your Own Bread

    Bake Your Own Bread

    My Dad’s been making his own bread for years, and after a bit of thought I finally decided to give it a go myself. We bought a breadmaker (you didn’t think I was going to do it by hand did you?! ) and a couple...

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  • Recipe: Loaded Potato Skins

    Recipe: Loaded Potato Skins

    I’ve been meaning to try doing my own potato skins for ages but haven’t had the time to do much this year (as you can probably tell with the lack of posting here!). However, yesterday we had friends over for dinner so I decided that...

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