About this time of year we try to make a fertiliser from comfrey and nettles. We have both these plants growing wild around the edges of the allotment so it’s easy to collect

I’ve wanted to try no dig potatoes for years now. In fact I’d really like to practice more no dig gardening but as hubby does most of the work on the allotment I have a

One would expect a cookery author to have cupboards full of unusual ingredients but in my case that’s not true. Whenever I visit a delicatessen type of shop I love to look round

Our bees are in trouble and I’m sure there’s not just one reason for their declining population. We hear about pesticides, lack of wild flowers because of enormous fields with

I’ve started using coconut oil or almond oil as a body moisturiser. I do have dry skin so need to use something. For many years I have avoided creams containing sodium lauryl sul

Whenever I go to London I like to go to a large bookstore and see what the latest cookery and nutrition books have to offer. My most recent visit saw me looking at a large selectio

It’s now starting to be thought that it’s healthier to eat meals within a 10 hour window each day rather than spread over a longer period. This form of intermittent fasting is

Now that the medical profession are accepting the link between obesity and diabetes some patients are being put on low calorie regimes which consist of meal replacement shakes. Onc