Pickled Peppers Recipe

Pickled Peppers Recipe

Pickled Peppers is a new favourite of mine, so here’s the recipe in case you also have an abundance of them this year…   Ingredients 1 kg bell peppers (deseeded and cut into strips) 1L apple cider vinegar (or a vinegar of your choosing) 8 garlic cloves (peeled...
Garlic Abundance

Garlic Abundance

Garlic Abundance I have learnt with garlic that is needs a lot of love to actually produce something worth the effort of planting it! Planting deep Sunny location Good fertilized soil that drains well Cutting back (the green tops) several times if they grow tops too...
The Benefits of Cabbages

The Benefits of Cabbages

Benefits of Cabbages… As cabbage is the bases for many fermented foods I thought I’d share a little bit about this unlikely powerhouse of health.  Here’s some of the benefits of each cabbage (even un-fermented), then if you fermented it you are adding in tons of good...
Mushroom Kimchi Recipe

Mushroom Kimchi Recipe

Mushroom Kimchi Recipe – Is really awesome! Ingredients 1 kg of mushrooms 1 bunch green onions or 1 small white or red onion, sliced thinly 150ml of kombucha, kimchi or kraut juice from a previous batch 3 cloves, minced or 1.5 tsp. of ground garlic 3cm of fresh...
The Reality of Living Off-Grid

The Reality of Living Off-Grid

The Reality of Off-Grid Living… Finding it weird when there are ‘normal’ toilets to use. Finding yourself more often than you’d think crawling about in animal muck one way or another. Having your day hijacked by some animal disaster/ escapee /...