There’s no doubt about it, things have been tough the last few years and they are rapidly getting tougher. Food prices are rising steadily, fuel costs are going up and the last fortnight has seen the top energy suppliers in the UK putting their prices up by 8%-11%. This means that no matter how careful [...]
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Suet Scones
Ingredients: 500g plain flour 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda 4.5 teaspoons cream of tartar 50g butter 25g suet 300ml milk Method: Put all the dry ingredients plus the butter and suet into a food processor and blitz until it becomes breadcrumbs. Add milk in one go and blitz again, but don’t work [...]
Experiencing Evacuation
Year 4 at St John’s C of E First School in Frome recently re-enacted a WWII Evacuation Day as part of their studies on the theme Is It Right To Fight? Over the term, the Maple and Sycamore classes moved from listening to Chamberlain’s Declaration of War speech to making gas masks, ID cards and [...]
Weed Fertiliser
Did you know it was possible to make your own liquid feed using your plain old garden weeds? Nettles, as well as being vital for attracting aphid-eating ladybirds, also make a superb nitrogen-rich fertiliser. Dandelions, those horrible triffids with roots like a baby’s arm are actually rich in potassium and, when used in the right [...]
