Damson Gin – Quick easy recipe
This post explains how to make damson gin – a quick easy recipe. Summertime is the season of abundance! The garden is bursting with fruit and vegetables of all kinds.…
This post explains how to make damson gin – a quick easy recipe. Summertime is the season of abundance! The garden is bursting with fruit and vegetables of all kinds.…
Introduction This post begins with a brief description of Cottagecore . It then looks more critically at the movement, and how it differs from a typical self sufficient lifestyle. The…
Finding and cleaning the pinecones Scented pinecones are so easy to make and a great way to use up some of the many pinecones that you find lying around this…
Setting the Scene Anyone old enough to remember the popular sitcom ‘The Good Life’ will understand the fascination engendered by the exploits of the middle class couple who turn their…
The perfect location Our home here in central Bulgaria provided the perfect setting for building a dirt bag house. One of the things that most attracted us to the property…
Our village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, typical of the region – never failing to delight with the changing seasons. Villages here are set apart from each other,…
Summer time and the livin is easy, Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high (Ella Fitzgerald) A slow morning It is thirty two degrees, and it’s only nine in…
Where we are Our village is situated about 15 kilometres from the main town of Karlovo . It is a typical village for the region, being mainly agricultural. It is…
Every day here seems to bring a new adventure. This morning we were proudly presented with three chickens by one of our lovely neighbours. Excited to welcome real livestock to…
Standing in my garden on this late autumn evening I hear the familiar sound of the shepherds bringing their herds back from pasture. This is a sound that never ceases…