Our Smallholding Adventure

We are Tracy & Steven and along with our 2 children we moved to the countryside in the North East of England in 2016. On our smallholding we strive for a more self reliant life by growing our own food, raising our own meat, cooking, preserving & foraging all whilst working full time.

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Showing posts with label Monday night preserving. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Monday night preserving. Show all posts

Monday, 27 November 2017

Monday Night Preserves - Christmas Mincemeat

I make no apology that Christmas preserving is going to be top of the list for the next few posts. It's so exciting and with it only be...

Monday, 30 October 2017

Monday night preserves - basil infused olive oil

I wouldn't expect to be saying in October, almost November that I had basil growing in the greenhouse. In fact, I'm pleased that I ...

Monday, 24 July 2017

Monday night preserves - Onion Marmalade

The onions which we planted towards the end of last year were harvested a few weeks ago and have been happily drying in the barn. Now ever...

Monday, 17 July 2017

Monday night preserves - Christmas spiced red cabbage and home grown chicken

When I think of preserving, my thoughts don't always lend themselves straight to the freezer which is crazy really as it's one of to...

Monday, 10 July 2017

Monday night preserving - currant cordial, toffee vodka, redcurrant jelly

What a week of harvest! It's a full time job when things get going isn't it? We harvested everything in the below photo on Sunday. ...

Monday, 3 July 2017

Monday night preserving - Rhubarb wine, rhubarb vodka, chamomile tea and drying herbs!

What feels like a long time ago now....On May Day, I harvested lots of rhubarb with Grace. We needed 3kg to make some wine with. We got a ...

Monday, 26 June 2017

Monday night preserves - rhubarb pickle, dehydrated Swiss chard, strawberry cordial and strawberry vodka

I'm really enjoying using my Monday nights to do preserving. It's a really satisfying feeling preserving seasonal produce that we...

Monday, 19 June 2017

Monday night preserving - elderflower cordial

After a crazy week of work, we had a fabulous weekend with friends and family letting our hair down. More about that during the week as toni...

Monday, 12 June 2017

Monday night preserving - my nemesis strawberry jam

Those of you who have been with me since the beginning will remember my devastation last year when I lost a lot of my jams to mould. Some pe...

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