Category Archives: Self Sufficiency

Land share

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

A fantastic new scheme is being launched by the folk at River Cottage, called Landshare. The idea is to pair up people dying to grow their own but who have no land, with people who have space but don’t want to use it – rather a good idea I’d say! Continue reading →

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Kitchen compost and Bokashi bins

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

I have wanted a kitchen composter for ages but they’re not cheap, however, I found a set of Bokashi bins through my local council which are a bargain! Continue reading →

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Organised gangs of poachers cash in on food fads

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

Hunting is a controversial subject at the best of times and as we now enter the main game shooting season, there are more troubles afoot. Continue reading →

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Bean sprouts in a bar

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

Bean sprouts are a far cry from caramel and nougat, but whilst traditional snack bars might rely on these sugar rich ingredients, there’s a new organic snack bar that prefers to use a slightly more unusual approach… Continue reading →

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Growing Your Own…

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

I dream of my own kitchen garden. I would love to be able to grow most of my own fruit and vegetables, and eat them as fresh as possible, straight from the garden! I have dabbled a little in the … Continue reading →

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Dandelions

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Sarah Cabral

I love trying new foods and my foraging discoveries are no exception. Finding free foods is a delight to me and the latest addition to my wild foods repertoire are Dandelions. For many, dandelions are considered a nuisance, a weed … Continue reading →

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Roasted pumpkin seeds

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Sarah Cabral

Here, as promised, is my experiment into roasting my own pumpkin seeds. I’ve always wanted to try this, but just never got around to it. Roasted pumpkin seeds remind me of Portugal, where they are salted and a very popular … Continue reading →

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Wild Food – Elderberries

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Sarah Cabral

We are lucky enough to have two mature black elders at the bottom of our garden. The beautifully fragrant flowers came and went before I got around to doing anything with them but I was determined not to let the … Continue reading →

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Chestnuts From Down Under

Posted on October 28, 2007 by David

Following on from our two previous chestnut posts here and here we have a fantastic comment from Nick in Australia. We felt it would be a crime to keep this highly interesting information relegated to the comments section and as … Continue reading →

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Sweet Chestnuts

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Sarah Cabral

As I gather from all your wonderful comments and questions, sweet chestnuts are proving very popular! In response to some requests I have collected some sweet ways to preserve them.

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Things I did with the chillis!

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Sarah Cabral

This is an update on what I did with all those chillis! The comments on the previous post regarding chillis, gave me lots of inspiration and I went surfing for recipes. Now it just so happened that Karina the Gluten-Free … Continue reading →

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