Tried a new sourdough recipe with my favourite regenerative flour. One angled score gave a bold ear and a rustic rise. Sliced it later and the loaf had a surprise in store. #Sourdough

I've also written about the horseshoe sandwich that was originally created in Springfield, Illinois. This sandwich is also sort of like nachos, but different. boundedbybuns.com/can-you-eat-...

Just wrapped the shoot for Meeta’s @meetakwolff.bsky.social Spicy Ketchup. Couldn’t resist testing it properly with a batch of homemade duck fat fries before starting on the edits. Crisp, rich, and that ketchup’s got just the right kick.

Lillian's Apple Cake is a simple Danish apple and cinnamon cake topped with almonds. With a crumbly outer and moist interior this has been a favourite of mine since childhood. https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/lillians-applecake/ #applecake #appleandcinnamon #danish #baking #cake

It’s Saturday #Caturday and Luna’s decided the yoga mat makes a perfect hiding spot.

A year ago this soil was spent. I've worked in compost made from seaweed, chicken and cow manure, oak leaves and bracken. Now it’s rich, organic and full of life. It’s taken time, but it’s ready. Looking forward to planting into it next spring. #homestead 🚜🌾👨‍🌾🌿

More autumn-fruiting raspberries from my allotment kitchen garden patch. This time it’s Autumn Chef - large, deeply coloured and full of juice. Holding their shape well, even after picking. A good one for tarts or a soft-set jam. #kitchengarden

San Marzano on tap. Vines still heavy in mid-October. Into the pot or the oven they go; garlic, thyme, olive oil, and a little patience. #KitchenGarden ⋆｡‧˚ʚ🍅🧄🌱ɞ˚‧｡⋆

Spent the weekend building a new fence and gate for the kitchen garden allotment - bit of help from friends, an old goat pen gate and salvaged wood. Soaked to the skin by the end, but a rainbow turned up as if to say - well done. Quite pleased with it. #KitchenGarden 👩‍🍳🍃 ‧₊˚🌈

How do you like your chocolate baklava huh? Find out in Irina's interview and book, The Balkan Kitchen: #food #balkankitchen #balkanfood #balkans #chocolate #baklava #chocolatebaklava

If you like knowing what goes into your dishes, start with small organic swaps. The “Dirty Dozen” are worth a look, and a proper wash does plenty. Simple steps that keep your ingredients and cooking - in good shape. #KitchenNotes 📝

Neighbours on the adjoining plot have this beautiful living wall of green, red, orange, and purple. #autumn 🍂🍃🍁

RIP Jane Goodall. Here she is with another incredible conservationist and humanitarian, David Attenborough. Times like this make you wish the world had a few more Janes and Davids.

She was a world treasure. RIP. #rip #janegoodall

Allotment’s come a long way. Soil’s had a full organic rethink - lush, fertile, thriving. Evening sunset put on a show: orange and blue under a ceiling of cloud. Hard to believe it’s getting darker already and summer’s drawing in. #timetogohome

Tim Berners-Lee: “You shouldn’t be owned, not even your data.” The man who gave us the web for free reminds us: when companies treat your life as their property, the question is simple - who really owns you? #www

Worked in a homemade mix of worm castings, rotted manure, leaf mould and green compost, then set Senshyu Autumn onion seedlings in drills. Inoculated the roots with mycorrhizal funghi for a strong start. Autumn planting with the spring larder in mind. 🌱🧅 #allotment

@goodfood.kitchen and @romston.bsky.social the daily passion fruit bounty. If you can grow tomatoes 🍅 in a hothouse you should be able to grow passion fruit as well. It just needs a limb or treadle to vine up. No alt. Apologies. 💪✌️✨🎸🧜‍♀️

Blueberries settled, raspberry trellises built and the berry bed finally complete. Summer fruiting canes are set to climb, while the ground is readied for autumn and winter tasks. A season’s work now shaping next year’s harvest. #allotment #growyourown

Say hello to my weekend seeded sourdough loaf! I've experimented with organic Wildfarmed rustic white, Emmer, Einkorn, and Spelt. At 80% hydration, it's packed with love and goodness ❤️—an open crumb and rich, earthy flavour, just like a proper country loaf from natural flours. #BreadSky

On the staging bench in the greenhouse. Senshyu autumn onion seedlings almost ready to plant out. They’ll overwinter and be lifted next June. A few garlic varieties going in too, laying the groundwork now for next year’s allium harvest. #GrowYourOwn

This giant spider in the allotment jumped onto the table while I was having a coffee break. It didn’t stay long, thankfully. #GardenVisitors 🕷🕸

Stinkhorns may look odd, but dried and ground they give vegan dishes a savoury hit, not unlike aged beef. Proof that even the strangest woodland finds can shine in the kitchen. #foraging 🍄‍🟫🍄

NEW ON THE BLOG: Boxing clever: Made in Oldstead At Home Did it deliver? blognotleafycardiff.home.blog?p=1226

A full rainbow stretched over the allotment just after the rain cleared. Nature showing off again, with more style than anything we’ve managed to plate lately. #kitchengarden #rainbow

𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘: 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐍 - 𝐐𝐔𝐈 𝐄𝐒-𝐓𝐔? This really is a banger 💣˗ˏˋ boomˎˊ˗🧨 #Earworm #OutsideBroadcast

Bouquet garni prepped and standing by. Thyme, bay and parsley, homegrown in my kitchen herb garden, ready to work their quiet magic in tomorrow’s stock. 🌿🍀🌱🍵 #CookSky

A small haul from the allotment today: aubergines, sweetcorn, potatoes, late raspberries and a few blackberries. Still waiting on the San Marzanos to ripen. Holding out hope for a bit more sun 🌞 before the season turns. 🍆🌽🥔 #GreenHeart 💚 #KitchenGarden

A bumblebee still busy in September, gathering pollen from the cosmos I planted along the allotment border. Surprised to see one active this late, but the blooms are clearly worth its time – legs dusted, wings humming 🌸🌻🍯🐝💛 #bloomscrolling #allotmentlife

Just moved the Himbo Top raspberry into the new organic bed alongside other varieties. Hoping this everbearing cultivar settles well and produces berries that reach their full size before the season shifts. ✂️🔴 #autumnfruit

Calm after the storm. After a few days of heavy rain, the kitchen garden at the allotment is buzzing. A dragonfly hunts over the borage. Good to see things settling back into rhythm. #allotmentlife ≽༏≼🦋

Calm after the storm. After a few days of heavy rain, the kitchen garden at the allotment is buzzing. A dragonfly hunts over the borage. Good to see things settling back into rhythm. #allotmentlife ≽༏≼🦋

Courgette fritters with potato, onion and feta, served with homemade tzatziki. Using up the last of this year’s allotment crop. I make a version every year - last year’s was a bit different if you're curious. #KitchenGarden 🥒🌱 ₊˚✧ ﾟ

Do you stone or pit a plum - having this conversation at the moment.

It’s a jam week. Damsons from Diana’s allotment this time. Deep purple, sharp and stubborn to pit. But worth every stained fingertip once they hit the pot and start to soften. #KitchenGarden 🥫👩‍🍳

Healthy soil is alive. Regenerative farming shows how nurturing fungi, bacteria, and worms can replace chemicals and machinery. I’m applying the same thinking on my allotment - working on soil structure, cover crops, and compost to encourage that hidden ecosystem.

La tarte aux mirabelles une fois cuite #Àtaaaaaaaable

I recently made this gooseberry & blackcurrant frangipane with fruit from the allotment - red and green gooseberries, sharp and sweet. Served with cream and not a crumb left. #kitchengarden

Just picked our red onions and they’re now curing out on the soil. Plump, deep in colour, and fully organic. It’s been a slow grow this year, but the bulbs have come through well. Looking forward to seeing how they store. #KitchenGarden

From a melon eaten in Greece to seedlings on the allotment. The Galia seeds I saved are now stretching into lovely green vines. A small reminder of travel rooted in the soil at home. #EdibleGarden

Good morning. A basket of ripe plums gathered from the allotment. I’m thinking a slow simmer with sugar until it deepens and thickens. Jam jars at the ready. #kitchengarden 🍑

One of my current kitchen garden projects is building an asparagus bed. Started with a 12x6 patch, sowed green manure, then cut it back and added cow manure and seaweed. After drying, I tilled it in and mulched with more seaweed. The soil’s coming along beautifully - rich, dark and full of life. 🎋

Blackberry season is in full swing, and the neighbouring allotment plots are brimming with fruit. I had an open invitation to pick some, so here’s a short video of a bit of (permission) based scrumping - sky blue nails and all. #Allotment #Homestead

The allotment’s full of blackberries and black cherries at the moment. I made a crumble using both and served it warm with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. Everything from scratch. Simple, seasonal, and just right. #KitchenGarden ⋆ ✦ ̚ 🍒ɞ ˚ ⋆ 🥧

Alas, no listen later was saved for Friday's shows, so here's the link to my sweet article about local honey...Plus, there's a hot honey recipe! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Food #Mastonom #Honey #EatLocal

Stopped by to see my friend, Nicky, at the Hey Hey takeaway and restaurant in Deal, Kent. She served us a delicious spicy Malaysian chicken curry with potato and carrots. #FoodSky 🍛🌶️🫚

Polpettes de bœuf sauce tomate accompagnées de linguine. Quelle dinguerie quand-même ! Bon appétit à vous 🥰

Just picked my first sweetcorn 🌾 from the allotment kitchen garden. Bright yellow and full of organic goodness. Looking forward to steaming it on the cob and taking that first bite - sweet, juicy, and full of that fresh, sun-ripened flavour. #kitchengarden 🌽

It's International Cat Day - here's Luna 🐾😽 #InternationalCatDay