Is this just not the most exciting Christmas present ever?.... It is what is going to finally get me to grow edible, rather than look-atable, plants in the garden... All those wonderful spicy leaves that I have been getting in my Farm Direct deliveries from Cultivate London! (And …
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More on Seaweed…
When I raved on about Prannie Rhatigan's wonderful seaweed book last month I could only experiment with recipes which used nori, as that was the only seaweed that, thanks to Clearspring, I had in my larder. However, as soon as I had finished I put in an order to SeaVeg in County …
Getting your head around Facebook….
Did you know.....? • In October 2012, the countries with the most Facebook users were: United States with 166.1 million members Brazil with 58.4 million members India with 55.3 million members • According to a May 2011 Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 million …
You got eczema – and love rhubarb?….
If so, you are on a winner! According to this bit of research from the College of Pharmacy in Chunchon, Korea, rhubarb can ease eczema – or to quote them in full, Inhibition of experimental atopic dermatitis by rhubarb (rhizomes of Rheum tanguticum) and 5-lipocygenase inhibition …
The wonders of coconut…
I never thought I would hear myself saying this but – I love coconut... For years I was haunted by the memory of those multi-coloured dessicated coconut fudge sweety things that I was forced to eat at parties as a child – and which brought me very close to disgracing myself by …