by admin | May 16, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
How I am using and preserving my apple crop this year As you would have seen recently from my Facebook post, we picked a great heap of apples this year. I have tried over the last couple of years to store as many as possible in the “beer” fridge (much to...
by admin | May 3, 2014 | AUTUMN, USING YOUR PRODUCE
OK so it has been a week and I am now eating my nutritious broccoli sprouts. They are delicious, crisp, nutty and a little bit hot in the way radishes are, but softer. I had intended to juice them but they are so good I am just eating them from the bowl. I put...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
I have decided to have a go at growing my own sprouts and micro greens. Why? A few reasons: Firstly I love the flavour and crunchiness of sprouts and although micro greens are really trendy at the moment, they add such a great burst of flavour and freshness to...
by admin | Apr 3, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
Boil it, steam it, and stick it in a stew- no I am not talking about po –tay- toes like Sam from the Lord of the Rings- but the many uses for Broccoli. You only have to google broccoli to get a plethora of information about the nutritional benefits of eating...
by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | AUTUMN, USING YOUR PRODUCE
I like to grow beetroot all year round by planting around 20 seeds a month. Now this normally allows enough for everyday salads, roasting and juicing, but every so often I get a few that grow too big to be used in this way. What I like to do with them is turn...
by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | AUTUMN, USING YOUR PRODUCE
Making Basil Pesto February is basil making time. In the highlands I have to wait till late spring/ early summer for the soil to warm up enough to get seed to germinate or plants to grow well. Once in, I feed and water well for 12 to 14 weeks. Then as soon as I see...
