Traditional Scottish pancake recipe
As a wee weekend treat, I like to make pancakes for breakfast and wake kate up with a big plate

Planning for the new season, gotta start somewhere.
It may only be January and the weather is definitely still winter but the garden won’t wait for me, planning

Drying your own chillies
Much like beetroot and tomatoes, when you grow your own chillies you get an awful lot of the little blighters

Bakewell tart but muffins
We mentioned in a previous post that hygge is a Danish word meaning roughly to enjoy the pleasures life brings
2016 review: Quadgrow, would I recommend it?
That’s the tomato growing season come to an end here at At Bruidair and so the green house has been

Hygge recipes to get you through autumn and winter: mushroom soup
The Danish, hygge (pronounced “HUE-gah”) is one of those words that just has no English alternative. Though there are many

Making a six strand braided challah bread
I’ve been eating challah since I was a kid and I used to bring it home from the kosher deli

Viennese whirls – joining in with the Great British Bake Off
We greet the return of the TV show The Great British Bake Off each year with giddy delight. We love

If you love Pizza, you’ll love making your own
I love pizza, I make pizza a lot, so when I had a random conversation with a colleague from work,
Can you go on holiday and not come home to a dead greenhouse? With quadgrow you can.
When I installed my new quadgrow watering system in the greenhouse, one of my questions was, “will I be able
Did the copper tape defeat the slugs and save my strawberries?
You betcha! So… strawberries, slugs, copper tape. I promised you an update after I put copper tape around the raised
Sweet potato satay: a slightly healthier option using sweet potato noodles
Being on a health kick or trying to lose weight doesn’t mean you can’t eat tasty, filling food. Anyone who tells



