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I feed mine 1/2 rye and 1/2 white bread flour. The rye makes all the difference- its like steroids for sourdough!

The Honey Wine from 'Wild Fermentation' has just two ingredients, fun and easy to make. Can be drunk young or aged- good confidence booster.
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I home ed mine- 6,4 and 1. Socialisation is a bit of a red herring issue-wise. There are plenty of opportunities to socialise (as in make friends and spend time with them) both in the home ed community and the wider world. As far as *being socialised* (as in having societies values transmitted to yo...

Many thanks, I shall start reading. Is it essentially impossible to make something drinkable with a wild culture then, as we do with sourdough? That's the impression I get from reading about...

I'm happy to start small, we've got a kit on the go now (training wheels!) but I'd hate to think that I'm tied forever to commercial yeasts! If I'm starting to read up where should I be looking? And when I'm a bit more experienced where do I get yeasts from?

I've been baking with sourdough for a couple of years and I'm just moving into home brewing- probably some country wines come Autumn but mainly beer I think. With my sourdough habit it feels so WRONG to buy in yeast! But I haven't found any decent advice on catching and keeping my own- just some tan...

I agree it is learnt behaviour and getting worse by the month. The old addage that Englishness is defined by some inability to complain is now firmly utter balls! I think there is a distinction between a complaint and a moan. Complaining sounds negative but it can be constructive and aimed at reach...

... How powerful all these new skills are making me! It's a Saturday afternoon, we've watched the rugby and had a couple of beers. Children ask for burgers for supper and instead of 'no we don't have any, or any buns' I think: 'well there's mince because I'm half way through making lasagne and I've ...

Hi there. I’m Sarah, I have three small boys and a garden in Portstewart, near Coleraine on the north coast. My youngest just had me outside checking it over and the wind nearly took my ears off! We just bought the house next door and expanded into it, so our smallish garden has just doubled in size...

Ive thought about this because so far most of my ish endevours hurt my custom with local shops rather than the stuff I get from the big supermarkets- Bread (previously from baker) Veg and fruit (from local green grocer - not that I'm producing much yet!) We have no grocer who I can use for soap/flou...