Having procrastinated cheese making for a while, I got cracking on it today and have a great batch of homemade mozzarella to show for it.
I followed the recipe from Home Cheese Making for “30 minute mozzarella”. I used pasteurized (but not ultra-pasteurized) homogenized milk, almost 4 litres of it. I didn’t have any powdered citric [...]

It always seems a bit over-wintry generally here in Ireland. However, in gardening terms overwintering plants correctly can maximize their performance the following season.
At the start of last December, I saved much of the tarragon by freezing it in ice cubes. Shortly afterwards, the tarragon went brown and died down. I then removed all parts [...]

Having forgotten my conclusion after the last basil batch withered away I invested in a new basil plant while picking up some meat in Superquinn yesterday. Upon heading to Lidl, I then found a basil plant 43% cheaper so I couldn’t resist:
Lidl: €1.69
Superquinn: €2.99
Over the next while I’ll keep an eye on them and post [...]