Arwen and I had our first brew day in a long while today – certainly the first brew of the year! Our previous two brews were both Saisons, one a with Rye as an adjunct, and the second brewed on the yeast cake of the first, with wheat malt. Now, I’ve finished the wheat saison,… Read more

Im a big fan of doing things “just because”. My back garden aquaponics system is entirely built out of the boredom of the pandemic leading me to binging random YouTube channels, and finding Rob Bob’s wonderful Backyard aquaponics videos. Choosing to grow a peach tree aquaponically was also somewhat of a whim: I don’t even… Read more

Wedded and hoed a large bed, and planted four rows of spuds: Java, Casablanca, Rocket, and Heidi Red. Woo! Read more

Well, I think we finally have all the apples off the trees on the plot. This last weekend, the 1st and 2nd of November, we gathered apples from the trese and the ground on the plot, probably enough for another 10+ litres of cider I’d imagine. We are officially at Apple Capacity! We also, as… Read more

Went and gathered more apples from the allotment – there are some absolute monsters on there! I think we have two different types of cookers, but identifying them could be a challenge. Still – lots to juice! Read more