Here is our really tasty lime cordial alongside a jar of radish sprouts I just started.
Usually, we make large quantities when we preserve fruit or vegetables and that's a great thing to do. You make the fruiting season last longer and add interest to your pantry and meals by putting up a few dozen jars of peaches, jam, tomato sauce, relish or chutney. That's a great thing to do, but it's also good to preserve small amounts too and it's a good way to get started on preserving if you haven't done any yet. A small batch will take less time, the lime cordial took about 10 minutes to make, and even though you'll only make a bottle or a couple of jars, you'll have something special in your fridge or pantry.
Where I live, we have an abundance of citrus fruits in spring and summer so it's common to find offers of free lemons or oranges. If the same is true where you live, grab a bucket and do up a small batch of cordial or juice. It will set you on the preserving road and that is a really wonderful life skill to have.
Here is this week's reading list. I hope you're able to make a cup of tea and sit for a while to read them.
- Sunflower message spreads joy as thousands flock to Far North Queensland town
- Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris appeals for help
- I was sick of blokey books by dads – could mothers’ memoirs make me a better father?
- Does everything you own need to be beautiful?
- When Objects Become Extensions of You
- Don't throw away your old sweater
- Filling the larder
- The fate of antiques and heirlooms in a disposable age
- Simplifying your life, the interview
- A Guaranteed Monthly Check Changed His Life. Now He Sends Out 650.
My sincere thanks to everyone who ordered and bought the paperback Down to Earth. I hope you get a lot of good ideas and motivation from the book and that it guides you towards significant changes in your life.
Stay well everyone, especially those in areas where Covid-19 has taken hold. Have a great weekend.