Honey is widely available on the shelves of our supermarkets, and is well known for its healthy qualities. Quite a few of us like to spread some honey on a slice of toast, and it is frequently used in cooking recipes. Most of us think of honey as being purely a food, but there are [...]
Not long ago, fair trade bananas and fair trade coffee were just about all we could find on the shelves. Now they’ve been joined by fair trade chocolate, fair trade clothes and even fair trade gifts. With well over 2,000 fair trade goods available now in the UK, up from just 150 in 2003, [...]
I used to love cooking with wine, but when I found out how much of what I paid for it went straight to the Treasury, I decided to stop.
And let’s not even think about the four-pound pint, coming soon to a pub near you.
Then I discovered home brewing.
I’d always thought that when it came to [...]
Understanding the soil in your garden is vital to producing a successful crop. Different plants have specific needs from the soil they grow in.
Whilst some plants are best suited to fertile soil others may produce excessive growth at the expense of flowers and fruit. Some plants may require a constantly moist soil whereas others will [...]
As the Autumn nights draw in, the arrival of a distinct chill in the air is the perfect excuse to start brewing batches of warm, spicy, mulled wine. I first tasted this Scandinavian take on mulled wine, Glögi, during my university days - after a night out, we crammed into my friend’s student accomodation, bustling [...]
