Category Archives: fruit

by | April 28, 2012

Recipe: Rhubarb and Cranberry Preserve

Our rhubarb, including all the bits of divided crown we planted last year, is doing really well – no doubt helped by all this dreadful RAIN… I made some of our favourite Citrussy Rhubarb Jam (a sort of cross between jam and … Continue reading →

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by | March 5, 2012

How to Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg: Review and Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced on Monday 12 March. We haven’t really written much about our veg patch recently, and I’m afraid to say it’s looking rather sad and neglected (and, more to the point,  unfinished) … Continue reading →

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by | February 25, 2012

Recipe: Rhubarb & Mascarpone Cheesecake

This week’s Saturday recipe is a huge treat, making the most of the delicious  forced pink rhubarb that’s in season right now. Make the most of it! You think you don’t like rhubarb? Have you tried this lovely bright pink stuff? … Continue reading →

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by | December 3, 2011

Cranberry concoctions..

Sandy and I are deeply committed to the science (or is it an art?) of adding fruit to alcohol. You might have noticed that already if you’d spotted our recipes for sloe gin, damson gin, and blackberry and apple gin/vodka! … Continue reading →

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