Author Archives: Earthy Homemaker

It’s been a lovely day here. The sky was bright blue, the sun was shining and the warm damp earth smelled so good. The beech tree is looking fabulous with gold and orange leaves and the Ivy clinging to its trunk will provide the birds with berries through the winter. I was out planting bulbsContinue reading “Mellow Autumn”

I didn’t succeed with growing my squashes this year. They were too crowded and shaded from the sun. I usually grow one called Buttercup, a green skinned squash with bright orange sweet flesh. Delicious roasted but good in many ways. Never mind, I have a plan for next year. I will plant them in anotherContinue reading “Gardening and Cooking”

I will be baking my Christmas cake soon but I don’t need to make puddings or mincemeat this year. I made them last year and they keep perfectly. Mincemeat actually improves with keeping. I think the booze helps! My puddings don’t taste like bought ones which seem to have a lot of citric acid toContinue reading “Puddings and Poppies”

The birds are busy in the garden again now that the feeders are full and squirrels are trying their best to cash in on the feast. The blackbirds have been flinging leaves and soil around, messing up the paths and making the garden untidy. I love to see them though. Blackbirds have such attitude andContinue reading “Birds and Bulbs”

It was a very wet, stormy weekend. I trekked down the garden this morning, taking care on the slippy paths, for some vegs to make chicken soup. I like to make soup in my thermal cooker. It’s a favourite bit of equipment. Really, all it is is a large vacuum flask with a pan inside.Continue reading “Soup and Still Life”

It’s been too wet and windy for gardening except for gathering fallen leaves. The polytunnels and the greenhouse are refuges on days like these so a bit of work has been possible under cover. I removed the dead basil plants and weeded the garlic which are growing nicely. There are plenty of carrots, parsnips andContinue reading “Autumn Days”

Yesterday was a horrible, wet stormy day in our neck of the woods. I haven’t been able to do any gardening. I need to remove the basil from the polytunnel and do some weeding around the garlic but it was just not inviting. The garden looks a bit sadder every day but there are berriesContinue reading “A wet October”

Hello I’m Freda, the Earthy Homemaker. I have been running a home for 55 years and I’m married with a wonderful husband, son and daughter. We moved around a fair bit when we were younger and I gained a lot of experience along the way. I’ve had lots of different jobs – worked in aContinue reading “Welcome to my Blog”