Self Sufficiency and Sustainable Living – with a family of six
Today we are busy building another two raised beds, which will be just in time for quick-growing summer vegetables this year – but will provide us with lots more space for next year’s growing season. The best news is that we have had our first strawberry harvest, and some are even making it from the […]
This was our first camping trip of 2017. As we live in the very middle of England, the furthest possible point from the sea in every direction, there is a feeling of sheer joy at seeing sand and waves again. -scroll for video- Our little ones sit on a picnic blanket and dig their toes […]
In late spring we make our annual trip to the Staffordshire border in search of the wild garlic. At Ilam, it carpets the banks of the River Manifold, and the wonderful scent is heavy in the air. We breathe it in: summer is on the way. Scroll for video Starting at Ilam Park, a National Trust property, […]
