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Stonehead’s ‘fruit bomb’ muffins

26 July, 2010 by Stonehead 0 Comments

I’ve been doing some experimentation in the kitchen as I work out what to make for the Other Half’s afternoon tea on Wednesday. One of the more outstanding concoctions I came up with was a batch of what the boys dubbed “fruit bomb” muffins.

Baking, Recipes

Baking, blackcurrants, cooking, Food, muffins, raspberries, Recipes, Soft fruit

Do not attempt this at home

30 May, 2010 by Stonehead 8 Comments

The rain is bucketing down. The ground is sodden. Pools of water are proliferating. Hoeing the weeds off the potatoes is out of the question. Sowing seeds is not an option.

Daily life, Gardening

Gardening, nettles, raspberries, Soft fruit, stinging nettles

Planting strawberries

29 September, 2008 by Stonehead 0 Comments

I had intended harvesting one of our crops today, but as so often happens something else with a higher priority came along. The professional gardener who has been felling our leylandii for us dropped off three boxes of strawberry plants as he knew I was after some new ones to increase our strawberry crop next [...]

Soft fruit

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency, Gardening, Soft fruit, strawberries

Three-berry jam

16 August, 2008 by Stonehead 7 Comments

Our soft fruit bushes and vines are still fruiting well, so I decided to make a batch of three-berry jam. While I started getting everything ready inside, the Other Half and the boys picked 750g of strawberries, 350g of tayberries and 900g of raspberries (a total of 2kg of fruit). I picked over the fruit, [...]

Jams

cooking, Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency, jam, jam-making, Jams, preserving, raspberries, Recipes, Simple living, Soft fruit, strawberries, tayberries

Still processing rhubarb

30 July, 2008 by Stonehead 7 Comments

We’re still working our way through our forest of rhubarb, but have switched from making jam to making chutney instead. This 4.5kg (10lb) batch of chutney uses our favourite rhubarb chutney recipe from Mary Norwak’s Farmhouse Kitchen. It’s a thick, slightly sweet, lightly spiced chutney that is excellent with roast pork, on bacon sandwiches, and [...]

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

chutney, Chutneys, Frugal Living, Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency, Gardening, jam, preserving, raspberries, rhubarb, Soft fruit, Vegetables

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