Sourdough chocolate cookies. I just shared this recipe with all my Kickstarter backers. These are really really tasty, and easy to make. They work with gluten-free flours as well as wheat, rye, spelt, einkorn, and other flours. Link in comments #wholegrainsourdough

I have not bought flour for over seven years. If we want to make a favourite recipe that isn’t soaked or fermented, we make it from home-milled whole grain flour. Phytic acid in whole grains is not scary, and sourdough fermentation the best way to handle it. Link in comments.

Relying 100% on our own vegetables brings makes gardening more intense. There’s some worry as we wait for the seeds to come up, and then joy when we see them first start to grow, and know that our staple crops are growing and getting ready to feed us.

Nitrate-free salami from homegrown pigs. This year I used homemade elderberry mead instead of red wine in the recipe and it worked. Great off-grid way to preserve pork. The recipe is in my cookbook.

First time making mozzarella with sheeps milk. Sheeps milk needs less rennet than other milks. I halved the amount of rennet in this recipe and still the curds were very strong after a short time. Good yield too: 400g cheese from 2 litres milk.

Making German one pot stew for lunch today, with the first of this season’s homegrown turnips. I cooked the beef osso bucco and onion slowly overnight and it smells delicious. Recipe is on my blog.

Our hens are laying lots of eggs at the moment. For lunch today is a baked farmers hash of homegrown potatoes, bacon, onions, smoked paprika, with plenty of eggs.

Baby goats!

Cracks on top of a sourdough starter are an indication that it’s ready to bake with. I’ve now posted my foolproof method for making a sourdough starter from scratch online. Link in comments.

I've made a free ebook of sourdough discard recipes. These recipes work with many kinds of flour, including fresh milled 100% whole grain flours, and there are gluten-free options too. Link in comments.

Homegrown raspberries

Sourdough discard soda bread gets bread on the table in under 45 minutes. Recipe is in my free ebook, link in comments.

One of the best things about cooking with naturally-raised meat is that you don’t need to do much to make a meal special. Just cook the meat to bring out its potential, serve it with simple sides, and the taste of the meat makes it a great meal.

Sweet little lambs

Lambs in the nightly lockup paddock, photo from early January. These sweet things have grown a lot since then, but are still just as lovely and woolly. I’m looking forward to milking some of these ewes and making things from their wool later this year. #milkingsheep #dairysheep

Homemade fish and chips We haven’t eaten any takeaway or restaurant food for five years and I’ve never felt better. I got fed up with turning a blind eye to the unhealthy ingredients. If I want organic potatoes and healthy fish fried in tallow, then I need to make it at home.

Broody hen with chicks

We are at 100% cheese self sufficiency now. It’s lovely having so much homemade cheese that we can use it in cheesy pasta sauce (I also grate some raw on top for extra cheesiness and raw cheese benefits).

No, Molly, that is a garden bed, not a bed for dogs #maremma

Zucchini harvest season… Better late than never. This lot have now become a triple batch of pickles with mustard, dill, and onion. Recipe is in my cookbook. Costata Romanesco are my favourite zucchini to grow. Even at this giant size they are still tender and full of flavour.