
Winter Rations
Christmas is over but the lights are still on the tree and holly and ivy garlands still adorn the inglenook. The 'fridge is almost bare...

Inspired by the South Downs: An Artistic day to Walk, Eat & Create Prints
As I write, safe from the elements in my little room in the attic, leaves from the lime trees are swirling about in the air like golden...

Enough is as good as...
The daffodils are out at last and it is warm today. Sunlight is casting shadows of bare branches across the lawn, catkins shiver in the...

Charcuterie Making Weekend
Back in a previous existence we made charcuterie for restaurants we owned in Brighton. We kept a couple of house pigs for our own family...

Laundry
We took a night off recently and went to a lovely hotel (market research, you understand). The bed was a huge super-kingsize - big enough...

Win a cosy night away at Starnash Farmhouse B&B
Here's a competition for a chance to win a cosy night away for two people at Starnash Farmhouse B&B! It's that time of year when summer...

Life in Squares: Charleston Farmhouse and life in colour
If Dave or either of the boys had been given a tranquilliser shot strong enough to fell a rhino, they could not have been knocked out...

The Lost Garden
Some years ago now, we were living in in Brighton in the lap of modern comfort. Nothing could have been further from our minds than...