It’s my turn to host our village community cafe today…Burnt Basque Cheesecake, Apfelkuchen and a Banana Bread on the menu. 😋☕️🍰

Back at it with the last of the damsons… Damson Compote (900 g batch) • 900 g damsons • 100 g caster sugar • 1 vanilla pod (split, seeds scraped, pod added too) • 3 cinnamon sticks • 260 ml fortified wine (I used 130 ml Vin Santo + 130 ml Tawny Port) Method 1. Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Add seeds and pod to a large pan with the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and fortified wine. 2. Warm gently until the sugar dissolves. 3. Add the damsons and bring to a simmer. Cook until the fruit softens and the liquid thickens into a glossy syrup (about 20–30 minutes). 4. Taste — if it’s too sweet, balance with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. 5. Remove the cinnamon sticks and vanilla pod before jarring. #foodstr #homesteading

Autumn is here… 🤗

First Apfelkuchen of the season with the delicious heritage apples from our orchard. 🍎🍏

GM! Seeing things in my milk froth this morning! 😃 😦 ☯️

Once a society normalises silencing instead of debating, you just push conflict underground until it explodes.

Apple season…time for Apple pie, crumble, juice, most, cider, sauce, cake, strudel, chips, leather, cordial… Got any good Apple based recipes? Fancy trying something new!

GM orange coiners!

Defeating Gravity by Andrew McCarthy

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Cosmic background photography. Astrophotography by Andrew McCarthy. Space images of the Sun, the moon, and Deep Space. Celestial Art inspired by th...

Forced to fell these because of the bastard bark beetle, after a very dry summer the spruce were weakened unfortunately, they do make pretty patterns though!

Any parents who read to their kids recognise this?

All you got to do is not fuck it up.