The weather is being very British right now. We have warm days and cooler nights, the tail end of someone’s hurricane has swept through, but today is calm and warm again, and the plentiful sunshine is being put to work ripening the apples and the tomatoes. There are so many late flowers full of nectar that on a warm morning the garden is humming with all sorts of wild bees and a few from local hives I imagine. Continue reading
When I first started blogging I wrote a little post with the rather uninformative title of How Much do I love this bread? I learnt how to make this bread originally from Nils who blogs as the Inverse Cook at Ye Olde Bread Blogge. (pdf of this post if you want to download it and use it at home → Sourdough Rye 60/40 post )
I looked at that early post the other day and thought I can do a bit better than I did there, so rather than edit an old post I have had another go at making the bread and describing the process for those people who are new to this blog or for those who are looking for a really good rye/wheat sourdough style loaf to make. Continue reading
This is the time of year to check corylus trees for nuts. I have a red one in the garden, and the squirrels have been taking the ones from the top and kindly burying them in the middle of the lawn amongst other places. Continue reading
Zeb Bakes 