instagram.com/thepicklepacku… how cute are these. Totally moreish #healthysnacking

Our latest video continues our series on "The self sufficient year" as we head into August we deal with preserving, paint, parched land and pineapples 🍍 Retweets always appreciated 👍 #homestead #Food #farming #growyourown youtu.be/dlvurasZuUA

Whether you're harvesting #blackberries from your garden or foraging from hedgerows, check out these three delicious-sounding #recipes from Ellen Mary. Blackberry overnight oats, anyone? ellenmarygardening.co.uk/post/three-way… #GYO

RETWEET AND FOLLOW TO ENTER… #Competition

Tonight on YouTube we look at how to bottle (can) tomatoes WITHOUT using a pressure canner - just like my Gradma did! 🍅🍅🍅🫙🫙 Retweets always appreciated 😉 youtu.be/VOEzEuntXbw #canning #tomatoes #harvest #preserving #homestead

Another plant I thought was a cucumber 😁 but it’s a big pumpkin

Tomatoes are in full flow, and a mystery “cucumber” shows itself as a marina di choggia. Plus first time growing mashed potato squash #allotment

An absolute attention seeker of a squash. I love it. #allotment

Our new video on YouTube is the latest in our series on the Self Sufficient Year covering our September activities on the smallholding Retweets always appreciated 😉 youtu.be/LnjcpfXOfzA

John Lewis's Ad Agency furiously rewriting the Christmas ad to be about 2 people that meet in #TheQueue and end up having Christmas together. To a slow piano version of 500 Miles by The Proclaimers.

This should be a mandatory class in school - if you travel a lot, this is gold x.com/engineering_i0…

Guys. It has happened. The 23rd of November. I went to pour a glass of Fanta from a bottle that I found in the kitchen only to be met with the screams of my mother. It’s the Christmas Fanta. Their time has come. They have started early this year. Best of luck out there.

I love the Christmas cactus. So dramatic

For those who like a cocktail 🍹 or a fruit drink, do take a look at tonight's YouTube video where we make Crème de Cassis - a delicious blackcurrant liqueur that's the basis of a wonderful drink - Kir Royale 🥂 Retweets always appreciated 😉 youtu.be/X4yasoYdsUU

For anyone who wants to grow and preserve their own food next year, our latest YouTube video covers all the items that I wish we had known about when starting on self reliance! 🎄❄️🎁🫙 Retweets hugely appreciated 😉 youtu.be/e-daWjCENZ0

If there are any farmers or landowners in the West Midlands who wouldn’t mind permitting me to metal detect some land, please get in touch. I can provide many references, will abide by any & all conditions and will fill all holes neatly. Thanks folks #ClubHectare #TeamDairy

Have you ever had ginger wine? It's delicious with a little bit of heat! Hugh (English Country Life) shows you how to make it 👇 RTs welcome 👍 youtu.be/XzdDJa-8I1Y

If anyone has a secret mobile phone hidden from an abusive partner, remember to switch off emergency alerts, or the phone will be activated with the loud alert on the evening of 23/04. I think this government action is misguided for a few reasons Please retweet to notify friends.

Plot 13 party #allotment