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Sourdough Course

Having already completed the Artisan Foodworks ‘Basic Breadmaking’ course at some time ago, the ‘Mastering Sourdough’ course was a natural follow on. David and Julie were again the perfect hosts and the gang of eager students were a good bunch. My haul of my own handcrafted sourdough bread made on the day was impressive: For…

April 14, 2016
Our first homemade wood fired pizza

Yesterday we finally got around to making our very first homemade pizza in the wood fire oven. Liam made 1kg of pizza dough and a delicious (secret recipe) tomato sauce and so our first pizza trials began. The oven was lit with some dry brash and a few sticks to warm it up before it was…

March 20, 2016
Cooking sausages in a wood fired oven

Having lit some 10 fires of ever increasing size in our new wood oven in order to ‘cure’ the construction (slowly drive out all the moisture) it was nice to declare the oven open and pop in a few appropriately named ‘firecracker’ sausages from Taylors at Lathom. At last… Dinner is served!

February 25, 2016
Growing our own firewood – 2016

Many years ago we abandoned the idea of being able to own our own woodland as there is so little of it in West Lancashire in the first place and, of that, it is very rare that it comes up for sale. But, rather than admit defeat, we bought some arable land and field by…

February 19, 2016
Making rustic table numbers

I have been getting a bit behind with restocking our rustic table numbers and with the wedding season ramping up today was the day to put that right. They are easily made from any suitable, seasoned logs but risking your fingers in a band saw to save a couple of pounds is not to everyones taste.…

February 7, 2016
Outdoor Wood Fired Pizza Oven

Having made it all the way from Portugal to Hesketh Bank without damage, it was quite exciting to unpack our new brick built outdoor pizza oven. As it weighs about 600kg, the forktruck was definitely needed to carefully lift it out of its packing crate and onto a pallet. I have been reading up on…

January 30, 2016
Dog with ‘Scouse Brows’

Ever seen a dog with Scouse Brows? Sue’s friend Pam sent us this pic taken on their hols in Koh Samet, Thailand which made us laugh. Coleen must be so proud.

January 27, 2016
Green wire wreath bases

Not much ever happens by way of innovation in the world of wire wreath bases but these new green plastic coated frames are causing a bit of a stir amongst the trade. They are only slightly cheaper than the more traditional copper finish but for some who ‘hide’ the base feel that may now be…

January 19, 2016
Valentines 2016

Just as we have nearly finished restocking after the Christmas rush on wreath supplies it is all systems go getting all the orders for wire heart frames and heart shaped padded wreath bases on their way. The Berisford ‘Hearts and Kisses’ and the cross stitch ‘Love’ design will no doubt again prove to be a…

January 17, 2016
Frying Pan Flue Fix

The storms at the end of 2015 left our little ‘woodcutters hut’ wood burning stove chimney cowl blown off. Made from an old twin walled gas flue, the lightweight aluminium had ripped in the wind and was beyond repair. The stove would probably work very well without any chimney cowl being fitted but I really didn’t…

January 5, 2016

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