Home and Garden

I’ve been picking my favourite cherryplums, morello cherries and a few runner beans.  I made a cherryplum crumble cake and some large muffins. The rest have been frozen for future crumbles, cakes and pies.  I planted the cherryplum tree about 3 or 4 years ago and this is the first year of a good crop.  

Sally-ann this us the batch of yogurt from using the pervious batch.i have been using powdered milk with the milk also as it was suggested even through I am using full fat milk but I could only get skimmed milk powder from shop and it works a treat.And that was not strained its just how it turned out eash time just ended up with a little whey on top which I poured off.

Chai seeds and a dash of honey

I brought it off vinted for 5 pound .You are meant to buy the sachets of easiyo yogurt they are 18 pound for six you mix them in the container supplied with water you put it in the easiyo thermos container add boiling water round the yogurt container put lid on then leave it to make yogurt.I just wanted to maje normal yogurt so I did the normal heated milk up until right temperature then cooled it down to what it need to be added my yogurt cultures put it in the easiyo container I made a cosy for it to help it keep warm then added it into the easiyo thermos container lid on left 12 hours I have yogurt.

Today's homegrown harvest is red currants, strawberries, runner beans and another cucumber.