Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art

What I have been brewing up of late – crab apple cider vinegar, and dry blackberry wine.

Rosehip wine brewed at home I think ‘rose hip wine’ has to be the most adventurous of the foraged wine making I have attempted so far. The must has now been racked and the cereal-y smell created throughout the fermenting process has now dissipated from the kitchen. I have been making so much wine over the summer, and

Elderflower cordial – (simple but messy) Elder is a tree that I have only learned to recognise recently, and it was fuelled by my determination to make and bottle some of the (drinkable) British Classics. First on this list was elderflower cordial. Elderflower season is over for another year, but fortunately I managed to pick quite a few, and it should

How to make a pectin-rich jelly using glut summer fruit, picked locally.