On Friday we popped in to see our friends at the British Wool Marketing Board over at the South Molton depot. Look at all the fab woolly wool gathered from across the region… The board do an amazing job in taking in and collecting over 50 million kilos of fleece annually in the UK. They grade …
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From t’wool to t’matoes…
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What’s Cooking at twool HQ?
What to do with all those bullock plums?! Spiced Plum Chutney I think!! Pounds of plums were kicked off the tree by the bullocks so I’m putting them into one of my favourite – spiced plum chutney. It’s got a bit of a ‘kick’ to it itself with a little chilli added, it’s scrumptious of …
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What’s cooking at twool HQ… Kimalilli
With a bountiful abundance of courgettes and, I have to say, a bit of a reputation for my Kimalilli I cooked up a pot full here at twool HQ this weekend. Andrew, our wool merchant, is coming down from Yorkshire to help with the clip collection in a couple of weeks’ time and it’s his favourite. …
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What’s cooking at twool HQ!
The first of the summer’s harvest – redcurrants ripe ‘n’ juicy and warm from the garden. We love redcurrant jelly in our house, it’s a fantastic accompaniment with Chicken and BBQs and if you hide a jar or two it’s fab at Christmas with all the festive trimmings. Here’s the easy recipe: 3lbs ripe redcurrants …
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And the rain came down…
July dawned and with it some thunder and a deluge. Which, while not great when it came to flash flooding and power out blips, it was *brilliant* for the garden… The water butts have been refilled and the podded peas are on grow mode 😉 What better combo than posh purple twool twine and purple podded …
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British Flowers Week: Grown Not Flown
Hand up if you don’t like flowers? Everybody loves flowers – bees, butterflies and even sneezy people. Growing or buying British flowers for your vase might be ‘on trend’ but isn’t it also the most natural thing there is? To get cravings for food when it’s actually in season, to delight in sweet peas at …
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