We’re busy coming up with ideas for the barbecue to help you all enjoy some really good family football during this summer’s World Cup Celebrations …. including our Mix ‘n Match Kebabs.   Our concept is that you can make your own kebabs up to suit the occasion – use Kangaroo when Australia are playing, and the South African Antelopes like Springbok or Kudu when the South African teams are on ….

The good news is that whilst the World Cup is on, we are going to be giving away a free pack of Boerwors Sausages with every order !!

Make your own choices of meat, then just add vegetables!

Hot stuff in the window!!

Last weekend we pulled several of our garlic plants up from the garden and were delighted to have our own, organically grown garlic bulbs to hang in the kitchen …. so last night I combined some of the peeled cloves with our lovely red hot chillies (from the very plant you see here) in a small, pretty jar of virgin olive oil and now it is sitting proudly on the worktop – all our own work!    Can’t wait to use it now!

We’re trying so hard to use it all!   The damson trees are laden, so much so that we’ve lost whole boughs of them that have just snapped with the weight …… the apple trees have provided a feast for this years incredible wasp invasion … and still we need to pick them ….. the plum tree has yielded an enormous amount for the first time ever ….. and we haven’t even started blackberrying this year!    It’s been so wet, I guess …… although sadly it does’t seem that the fruit has ripened properly, and we have lots and lots of green tomatoes again this year.    So, the upshot of all this – Damson Wine, Damson Gin, Damson Jam …. Plum Jam, Stewed Plums … Apple Sauce, Apple Pies, Green Tomato and Apple Chutney (like last year!).  Anyone else got any good ideas????!!!!