A perfect occasion for a quiet wander in the snow and to gather a few of the last remaining sloes. They are now happily married with some of our apples to top off a warm cake, great to munch in front of the fire!
This was shown at the harvest service, someone commented that it always seemed to be sunny in the vicarage garden.
…and not just for the starving either. Last night on BBC2 Jimmy Doherty investigated ways of feeding the planet for the future, staring in Brazil, he visited farmers trying innovative ways of providing food from fields growing soy on an unbelievable scale to farming caipon, a native species of crocodile. I must admit being rather nervous at watching a program of Doherty’s because the last one I tuned into was his attempt to make at home the convenience foods made for mass markets. Bread was the subject, unless he was being sarcastic, he seemed to suggest that all the...
