The weather has been truly awful over the last few days – rain, rain and more rain. It’s turned my mind towards thinking about terrines. Terrines are really versatile – you can have the cold on a warm summers day served with new potatoes and salad,...
Read moreHerbal medicine has historically been the primary approach to acute and chronic health problems - this remains the case still in many countries. We often forget that herbal medicine is the most enduring form of treatment and is still used by 80% of...
Read moreI have recently read Al Gore’s “Earth in the Balance” which is a pretty good overview of the environmental issues facing the world. It is lucid and comes up with some sensible political strategies to managing the potential ecological issues impactin...
Read moreFor many, the sign of summer is the first swallow or the sound of a cuckoo or the sound of cricket being played or perhaps Glastonbury of the Summer solstice. For me, it is samphire. Samphire is one of those truly old foods from the wild that peopl...
Read moreBoth of us (Sophie and Axel) are avid readers of books - both fiction and non fiction. This is the first in an ad hoc series of books that have made us sit up and think. We would be interested in hearing books that have influenced you and also your v...
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