@oburbidge.bsky.social my love for Ermine Frosting is growing! My FIL loved this cake last weekend ❤️

I filled up oven duty a batch of roasted tomato sauce along with the plums!!! Gotta make use of all the free electricity when suns out 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Anyone remember what variety tomato these seeds belong to??? 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Just stripped last of the plums from our second plum tree! Some are being roasted. Keeping rest for eating. 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Have a fantastic day all you lovely people I’m off to work inspecting Organic things today 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Hoping there’s room in freezer for this lot temporarily until I have time/energy to can it all. 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Chaos in the new kitchen this afternoon. Roasted tomato sauce and plums in the oven. Semi cuit tomatoes in the air fryer. I should have been sanding and painting woodwork 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Found what looked like a young hedgehog this afternoon. Not a good sight to see in daylight. Moved him to hedgerow with drink of water nearby. Hopefully he’ll recover ❤️ 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Drowning in plums! Tomatoes getting going too… 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

@oburbidge.bsky.social I’m risking it! New frosting recipe testing underway

If only my kids understood this translation 🤣

That’ll do pig. That’ll do. Lemon drizzle cake for hubby’s birthday 🎂 #homemade #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteading #homesteadsky

Greenhouse chaos 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Making my first cake in the new kitchen! Good to practice before I make a cake for my nieces 18th birthday 🎂 #homemade #smallholding #homesteading #theoutpost #homesteadsky

The start of preserving season is officially here Gooseberries, black currants, raspberries and start of the blueberries 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

For a more realistic photo of current status of life in this household instead of an ‘insta’ version …. See below 🤣 #reallife 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

First cucumbers picked from greenhouse. The flavour is unbelievable 🥒 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Big moment earlier. Set up dehydrator in new kitchen & it’s running off our solar set up. Dehydrating the raspberries my youngest (11) has demanded for her lunchboxes 🤣 15 years of making do, in a temp kitchen with little space. 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #peatfree

Think we need to have broccoli with our Tandoori chicken later 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Forgot a bowl 🤣 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Cheeky hot lunch as WFH today Leftover red kidney beans in a red onion and cheddar omelette. Nom. #leftovers #zerowaste

Squeeee baby tomatoes 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

What a treat for breakfast! Fresh #homegrown strawberries still warm from polytunnel with baked porridge 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Look at this gorgeous volunteer foxglove in my polytunnel 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree #bloomscrolling

Sweetcorn planted. Unfortunately found patch of mare’s tail in this veg bed. Perplexed as I’d never seen it until last month. #peatfree 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading

Nom nom nom #homemade pizza with #homegrown roasted tomato sauce base 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading

Let’s get this sweetcorn planted out 💪 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Unpacking priority items into new kitchen #homemade pizza tonight with #homegrown roasted tomato sauce as base 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading

Hubby did not venture down to polytunnel at all. I could smell the strawberries before I could see them 😍

9 days growth 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Home sweet home! After a week travelling ‘Ooooop North’ it’s so nice to be back. Greenhouse has survived hubby’s ministrations. Everything has doubled in size 😍 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Why aren’t quaternary ammonium compounds banned??? I just do not understand it. Persistant biocidal compounds that are a danger to aquatic life as well as harmful to humans 😱 #ecofriendly #sustainable www.cureus.com/articles/368...

I am so lucky to have been able to visit two amazing Biodynamic Market Gardens today in Sheffield with work. Incredibly inspiring. Photos from Moss Valley Market Garden www.mossvalley-marketgarden.co.uk 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree #organic

Any ideas for a more sustainable eco friendly alternative to this? Ideally single use plastic free? Raising young teenagers is challenging enough then trying to be eco friendly… #ecofriendly #sustainable #plasticfree #zerowaste

🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

First meal in new kitchen - #homegrown mushrooms and home reared eggs on toast 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

So much decorating prep and painting on the to do list! And a queue of veggies that need planting out. I need 2 weekends this weekend 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

My pile of ‘this could be useful stuff’ for the garden is still growing 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Fail - Broccoli Raab 60 days. Skipped the broccoli bit 🙄 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

We have a kitchen! Yay 🥳 But no water, drainage or washing machine 🤪😜😝

I really love honeysuckle! Amazing scent, unique flowers and it thrives on neglect 🤣 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Still no functioning kitchen. So beans on toast for dinner. Except the teenager ate them all… Cheese on toast for dinner it was 😭

Pretty pleased this bed has even a shred of colour in it. It’s had a quick weed around Easter then nothing 🤣 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

I swear my sweetcorn have doubled in height since Saturday 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

Tomatoes in greenhouse are looking so healthy 🤞 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

So much rain in 24 hours 🙏 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

My eldest was fully appreciating my #homemade raspberry jam earlier. Simple pleasures 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree #homegrown

Done 💪 Might even be able to squeeze 4 more squash plants in 🤣 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

I hope this ground is ready for planting 🤣 I have 45 minutes spare 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree

These geums are so cheerful #bloomscrolling 🌱 #growyourown #smallholding #theoutpost #homesteadsky #homesteading #peatfree