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How to Store Apples

I am going to explain how I store my harvest of eating and cooking apples. Apples are usually ready for harvesting during September, some of them you will eat or bake with. Quite often though you can be left with an excess of apples. For those apples that are in good condition ie no bruises …

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Afternoon Tea in the Garden

An afternoon tea in the garden, how very English of me. A belated Christmas gift for my brothers girlfriend, a wonderful setting with perfect weather and the garden looking rather good too. The afternoon tea menu featured a new bake for me of choux pastry to make the Violet Eclairs – which incidentally were divine. …

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National Trust visit to Croft Castle

The National Trust property Croft Castle is just over the Shropshire border into Herefordshire, so not at all far from me. It is not a property I have visited previously so was a little unsure what to expect. Croft Castle is a manor house and does not look like a typical castle, that is if …

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Giveaway winner announcement

**Winner Announcement** The lucky winner of the Liberty Notebook has now been drawn and congratulations go to:- Lucy Bishop I have sent you a tweet so please reply with your contact details to “gardenteacakesandme@gmail.com” and I will make sure your lovely prize is posted straight away. Thank you to everyone who entered, sharing you favourite bakes or …

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Time for a Life Change

For quite sometime members of my family have been nagging me suggesting to me that I should consider making some changes to my work/life balance.  Earlier this year as you may know I has been poorly for the second time in six months, linked to my scoliosis. Following advise from my consultant I decided it was time …