Chutney's, Jellies and Jams from 2012

Rosehip and Apple Jelly

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7 months ago
by Ed in ,
This is the last in a series of posts about chutney’s, jams and jellies. Bella and I had a great time in September gathering rose-hips (except for the ants), and this year I decided to add some apple to the jelly (mostly because I had very few rose hips and some apples in my kitchen about to go [...]
Chutney's, Jellies and Jams from 2012

Greengage and Tomato chutney

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7 months ago
by Ed in ,
In my last post I wrote about making Blackberry and Apple Chutney, and in the post before I wrote about making Blackberry Jam with Bella all on the same day my parents were over. Well I also made some Greengage and Tomato chutney (recipe below). I froze the Greengages I gathered last month, and so [...]
This machine will core, peel and make an apple into a spiral, I picked it up this year at the Great Missenden Food Festival, brilliant

Blackberry and Apple Chutney

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7 months ago
by Ed in , ,
In my last post I wrote about how Bella and I made Blackberry Jam. On the same day my parents were over, and they took Bella for a few hours whilst I made this (not a child friendly recipe as pretty complex); Blackberry and Apple Chutney! This is based on the contents of the River Cottage Preserves [...]
Chutney's, Jellies and Jams from 2012

Easy Slow Cooker (Crock Pot) Blackberry Jam

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7 months ago
by Ed in ,
In late September I did a little foraging with Bella, sadly nowhere near as much as I’d hoped to do, but at least this year we got many more blackberry’s, and there is always next year! The towering mountain of food in the image to the right is the massive bounty that Bella and I have reaped this [...]
Then I climbed down a bit to start the cut

Big tree

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7 months ago
by Ed in ,
DO NOT COPY ANYTHING I DID IN THIS POST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I am at this moment writing this with Tales from the Wild Wood (BBC 4) on in the background (yes that’s right; I schedule posts), and Rob is chopping down one of the largest trees in the forest (#3). I feel a little sympathy for Rob as [...]
The Wood Grenade in use

Wood Grenade

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7 months ago
by Ed in , ,
For my 100th post I wrote about my new axe, at about the same time I got a Wood Grenade from my brother (& his wife and their son) which I must write about (mostly in support of a post I hinted at here which is coming in a few days). The Roughneck Wood Grenade is a splitting wedge, which is all I [...]
The Dieselman EGR defeat circuit

EGR Delete on a Chrysler PT Cruiser CRD

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7 months ago
by Ed in
Over the last year we have had many problems with our car, and I have tried many things to fix it. I may have given the impression when writing about the P10A4 error that I jumped straight to the solution, but I actually tried a few other things first, one of which was an EGR delete. (more…)
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Shrooms…..

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7 months ago
by Ed in
Back on the 21st of October I went on a half day Beginners Mushroom walk right on my door step with the local Ranger service, for only £2 a head! So am I now a mushroom expert able to go out and forage for tasty treats? Erm no, what I do have though is a much greater appreciation for mushrooms and [...]
Our seed feeder - hung from and old bracket we once used for a lantern

Winter is coming

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7 months ago
by Ed in , , ,
OK, so actually it is pretty much here. I’ve been working on a big project lately which I will write about once it is done, for today here is just a little update. Today Bella and I visited the Environment Centre in High Wycombe in its new home a short walk from our home. We used to go all the time [...]
The hose comes with a print-out of Martins instructions

PT Cruiser CRD error code P01A4

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8 months ago
by Ed in
Since we bought our diesel PT Cruiser last year we have not been able to drive very fast. Partly this was due to us having no water pump, and partly, we thought, this was due to the fact that it was a diesel. In our defence we had never had a diesel before, and our whole lives we had been told that [...]
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