13th March 2026 Mailer

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Fresh Bread by Janice McFarlane

I live in a retirement bungalow which is lovely. It has everything we require and the insulation it boasts is great in winter not so much in summer. Our heating bills are low because of how well insulated it is. However, when it comes to fresh food storage it can be a nightmare especially with bread storage. We are limited in space so only buy one loaf at a time and store it in an airtight container. This does have problems as we dont eat bread every day annd would go mouldy very quickly so there was a lot of waste and also after watching a documentary about shop bought bread it put me off eating it. So we decided to invest in a bread making machine and making our own to our requirements and size. What a difference it has made, the smell alone was lovely but the taste and texture was a game changer for us. No more shop bought and hello to freshly baked bread and no waste.

cup1431910_905 by Janice McFarlane

cup1431482_905 by Janice McFarlane

Bananas by Vicki Avcin

We have just cut another bunch of bananas off our trees. They are Sugar Bananas and everyone loves them. Last bunch we cut about 2 months ago had 180 bananas on it and this bunch has 176 bananas on it. Each hand has about 16 bananas on it. There is no way wed get through all those bananas so we give them out to family and neighbours as well as keeping some for ourselves of course. The neighbours love them and always look forward to when we cut them. They are very sweet and dont have that claggy sticky taste like other bananas do. We have another two bunches on the trees at the moment. As we cut one bunch, there is another bunch growing. By the time its half grown another appears so we have a constant production line. The marks on the skin are only on the skin and dont affect the actual banana inside the peel. This weeks designs are cocktails and could be used for a few different occasions.

cup1373404_543 by Vicki Avcin

cup1373402_543 by Vicki Avcin