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  • A vegetarian nut roast, served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables. There is a wood burning range in the background. Farmhouse kitchen
    Food and Recipes

    How to Make a Delicious Vegetarian Nut Roast

    ByHeather July 14, 2023August 6, 2024

    We made the decision to go vegan at the end of November 2015. We were due to spend Christmas with my family, and the news that we wouldn’t be tucking into the turkey with everyone else sent my mother into a tailspin. “So you’re not eating meat anymore? Can you eat cheese? What about goat’s…

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  • A festive image: a pinecone on tree with evidence of snow and frost.
    Home-making

    Having a Post-Christmas Clear Out

    ByHeather January 6, 2023August 19, 2024

    Happy 2023! I hope you all had an enjoyable festive season. It’s time to take down the garlands and pack away the Christmas tree. I find this a very reflective time of year, looking back on the year that has passed, and also looking ahead to what is in store over the coming 12 months….

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  • An empty beach on a Winter's day
    Life on the Smallholding

    A Quiet, Minimal, Smallholding Christmas

    ByHeather December 30, 2022September 18, 2024

    What does your ideal Christmas Day look like? The entire extended family gathered around one big table? Or something more quiet and minimal? Christmas means something different to each of us. Some like a big, extended family gathering. Others spend the day with just their nuclear family. Still others prefer to get away somewhere remote…

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  • A vegetarian Christmas dinner featuring a festive wellington, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and a Yorkshire pudding
    Food and Recipes

    How to Prepare A Vegetarian Christmas Feast

    ByHeather December 27, 2022August 7, 2024

    Christmas dinner! The most important meal of the year, for many. We put so much emphasis on turning out the perfect spread with endless side dishes for our extended family and friends. A combination of taking on our small-holding and the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in George and I spending a quiet Christmas at home,…

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Hi, I'm Heather!

I am a busy wife, mother, smallholder, knitter and spinner. Join me as I share my tips for simple living, meals lovingly made with home-grown ingredients, and crafty home-making.

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