Winter 2020 wasn’t great in our area for sloes, but I didn’t want that to prevent me from making my favourite festive tipple. I made a small batch of sloe gin with just a handful of sloe berries and made just enough for 2 drinks. Making sloe gin is so simple that it was worth …
Herbs are brilliant in the summer months for adding fresh flavour to dishes, but many die back over the winter. A great way to preserve garden or foraged herbs for use during the colder months is to dry them. This allows you to make the most of your spring/summer glut of green foliage and saves you …
I always find that if you are going to brew a home-brew beer – you’re better producing something that’s hard to find by commercial brewers. This Nettle Top and Dandelion Flower recipe uses freshly foraged spring ingredients. Dry Hopping (Adding dry hops to the fermentor) and added lactose makes for an aromatic, bitter and hazy …
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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 …
