Winter walk
Can you better use your leisure time?
It was a sunny and cold winter day in January with a bright blue sky when we dived into the snowy winter wonderland. All the important projects were pushed aside and headed for Lady Mary Walk in Crieff. We started with cap, gloves and camera....
Aberfeldy is one of our favourite villages on the River Tay. We especially recommend the route from Gilmerton via Amulree to Aberfeldy (A822 - A826). It goes through narrow mountain valleys, past rivers and lakes (lochs) offering many beautiful viewpoints. We can never manage to drive straight through, we have to stop at least twice to enjoy nature and take...
Makes 6-8
Preparing and baking 30 - 40 min
Ingredients
Preparing
Heat the pan and grease some oil. Mix all the ingredients (except the egg whites) into a bowl and mix to a soft dropping consistency. Beat the...
River, River, where do you go?
With your water, the colour of tea
underneath your stoney bed
do you flow to the wide green sea?
No! Said the river, I flow inland
Deep on deep beneath the rocks and the sand.
Under the Alder and the Willow tree
where...
A few years ago, in an article on garbage reduction, we drew attention to a family who had a project to try to avoid garbage wherever possible. Here is one of the many suggestions we tried at the same time and since then have been using it regularly:
To make detergent from chestnuts:-
Windy Hollow Farm is situated in Trinity Gask, near Auchterarder.
Since 2016 they have grown tea plants to produce black Windy Hollow Tea. Windy Hollow farm also produces herbs such as camomile, nettle and meadowsweet.
Monica, from the farm, is working in conjunction with the Soil Association towards gaining an Organic Certificate. She uses no pesticides or other chemicals in growing and...
