Why would anyone demolish a perfectly good, modern dream kitchen, and replace it with unfitted furniture pieces?? I promise Im not crazy! Anyone who has ever renovated a kitchen knows. Its huge. The planning can go for months. Sometimes years! There are a million decisions to make, Pinterest board after Pinterest board will be created and edited, every kitchen redo…
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How to make simple homemade pasta
Homemade pasta is seriously easy. You can find so many fancy, complicated recipes & methods online, but I’m sure most of them make the old Italian grannies spit their bolognese out. They really are quite unnecessary for beginner pasta makers! Homemade pasta is so quick and easy to make. My usual process is to put my water on to boil,…
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How to make herb salt with your kitchen garden herbs
The end of the warm weather means it will soon be time for fluffy slippers and open fires. It means the start of soup season, and of course nothing is as nice as honey on toasted fresh sourdough, on a cold Winter morning. But the cooler weather also means the end of some delicious Summer herbs. Let us show you…
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Pumpkins – how to grow, harvest and preserve pumpkins
It’s almost Winter here at The Grand Ole Apiary, which means collecting up the last of our warm weather produce, and tucking the garden in for the cold. For us, it is time to harvest and preserve the last of our annual herbs, collect the last green tomatoes for yummy relish, and….drum roll…harvest and preserve pumpkins! We love growing pumpkins….
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10 Essential herbs you need for a cottage kitchen garden
A cottage garden is not complete without fresh herbs. Here are some pretty, tasty, easy to grow herbs that should always be included in your cottage garden. Herbs make such a difference to any meal, and they are so lovely to look at. They can be included in your flower garden, or planted in pots, window boxes, indoors, outdoors, they…
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