Recent content by katbee

There's a nice River Cottage recipe for hawthorn 'ketchup' (Hawthorn Berry Ketchup Recipe - Great British Chefs). Our trees are laden with berries this year, and my plan for the weekend is to make a few jars of it. Yum. Lots of ivy here, and the fuchsia is still flowering away in West Cork...

I'm preeeetty sure the other half is going to get me a Dadant smoker. He's certainly been primed enough. ;)

Thanks for being brave enough to share! As a fellow newbie, I'm really interested to read everyone's comments and tips. The frame lifter does look a bit cumbersome and slow, so I'd perhaps get some thinner gloves and lift by the lugs? I've gone through three (!) pairs of latex gloves trying to...

Hey there! So glad to see other people from Ireland. I hope you don't mind me piggy-backing onto your thread to say hello. I'm a total newbie in West Cork. My beginner course was cancelled part-way through (thanks so much, Covid-19), but I've been lucky enough to be able to get loads of hands-on...