Tag: From the Garden

Drink, Flowers, Gin, Recipes, World Gin Day

A Labour of Love – Rose Gin for World Gin Day

  As the 6th June is World Gin Day, I thought (somewhat foolishly) I’d make some rose gin from the heady blooms that sway gently in the breeze around my door. As the sun hits the flowers, it warms the petals and the scent from them is intoxicating. Because of the cold weather earlier in the year, the season started late, which means my gin … Continue reading A Labour of Love – Rose Gin for World Gin Day

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Baking, Cooking

What To Do With A Glut of Brambles

Bramble Glut Posset This year has just been phenomenal for brambles. Our garden seemed to be overrun with the thorny buggers. Next year’s tangle thrashing around like demented spiky snakes, waiting to catch the unwary as they gather the fruit from this season’s pickings. I have had more than my fair share of scratches and miniscule thornlets embedded in my fingers and hands. And as … Continue reading What To Do With A Glut of Brambles

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