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Keeping it Simple
Since the beginning of the year we have removed car loads of junk and ‘stuff’ either to the tip or to the charity shop. This consisted of (amongst other things): Magazine supplements going back over 10 years Clothes that have not been worn for decades Old newspapers...
Paleof(x) 2017
It's that time again! The biggest and the best Paleo conference this weekend with a fantastic line-up of speakers. Wish I was there but looking forward to catching some of the presentations via the LIVESTREAM Check out the SCHEDULE. The following sessions look...
Wild Celebration
We do not have a large deer population in Wales have certainly increased over the last few years and continue to do so (although the Wye Forest populations are large). Of our native species, Fallow Deer are the most common in Wales (introduced in the 11th or 12th...
Abergavenny Food Festival
We had a great day out at Abergavenny Food Festival at the weekend. The sun was shining and there was a fantastic atmosphere with huge crowds at this increasingly popular foodie festival. The event has been running since 1999 and having not visited for quite a few...
Marvellous Mutton
We tried a leg of mutton yesterday for Sunday lunch from John and Patsy Price over at Bryn Belted Galloway Beef and it was fantastic. It was the first time we have cooked roast mutton and have been eager to try it. The flavour...
PPP Catch-up 18/08/15
Things have been really busy in the vegetable garden and we are getting back on top of things at last – see the photos below. At the moment we are harvesting kale, chard, lettuce, carrots, beetroots, onions, basil, rhubarb, mini curcurbits called Melothrie from Real...
Grazing For Change
The videos from the Grazing For Change conference have recently been released and I have been working my way through them over the weekend. There is so much amazing content and I thoroughly recommend them. The conference was organised by the Jefferson Center for...
The Human Microbiome Course
PPP Round-Up 23/04/15
Mega-busy time in the vegetable garden at the moment with seeds progressing nicely Space is limited so seeds and seedlings have taken over the house! Enjoying lamb breasts roasted with garlic and herbs (above) - economical and taste superb. First sauerkraut...
In the garden
If there is anything that makes us appreciate and reflect upon the passing of time it has to be gardening. When we garden, things are governed by the days, weeks, months, seasons and years in a way that is often forgotten in our everyday lives. We are acutely aware of...
PPP Round-Up 28/03/15
Headline of the week surely has to go to: Daily bowl of quinoa could save your life, says Harvard University. You can read the original paper here. Quite interesting to see who funded the study: Sources of support: This study is funded by an unrestricted research fund...
Paleo: ‘Anthropologically naive’, intellectually bankrupt’ and ‘anti-feminist’?
Paleo seems to be all over the news lately. The Pete Evans baby book controversy has sparked a flurry of opinions and argument.. However, an article caught my eye recently from Jason Wilson in the Guardian that I found particularly interesting (in terms of how people...
PPP Round-Up: 22/03/15
Looking forward to hearing all about Paleo f(x) 2015 and watching the videos. The talk by Travis Christofferson on the Metabolic Theory of Cancer and Emily Deans' talk on the Microbiome and Mental The LCHF conference could be coming to the UK in 2016. We purchased a...
Clean labels, dirty tricks?
‘What is a little worrying that when asked, more than half of consumers didn’t know that sodium chloride was salt. We shouldn’t be surprised that consumers don’t understand a lot of the ingredients on the back of the pack but that doesn’t make them bad ingredients…...
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2015
