Ingredients Ginger Root 10 Gram(s) Bruised 450 grams Raisins 2 Lemons 2 Litres Nettles 1750 Grams Sugar 4.5 Litres Water Brewers Yeast Method: Pick nettle tops these tend to be a little sweeter and still hold lots of flavour, If you pick your nettle tops in the spring they’ll be at their best. Wash the …
One of the most common of plants in the UK the Stinging Nettle is hard to confuse with anything else. Often seen as a weed pest in the garden we are taught to recognise (and avoid) them from a young age due to their vicious sting. However, we should also be taught about how good …
What’s in Season in March March can be an awkward month for the seasonal cook, but spring greens like purple sprouting broccoli are in abundance. Purple sprouting broccoli is one of our favourite vegetables to grow, because it provides welcome fresh produce in the early season garden glut. Not many other vegetables are producing at …
What’s in Season: May May is a really exciting time in the gardener’s year because it is the month when your grow-your-own efforts really start to pay off. Here are our top 3 highlights for May: Asparagus, Asparagus, Asparagus!!!That’s what May shouts out to me, but then again I love the stuff. While these lovely …
April can be quite fruitful in it’s bounties, if only you know where to look! If you grow your own food most of your time in April will be spent digging and readying the soil for March’s plug plants. Don’t worry, all that hard work will pay off soon enough as things start to warm …
