Health & Home

Dubron Natural Emulsion Indoor walls and ceilings account for the largest area of paint coverage in our homes. As such, it is a good place to start when trying to create a healthier environment within them. Dubron is a high quality emulsion which is solvent free. This chalk and soya oil based paint is a longstanding product of Livos. Its...

What are Sprouts? Sprouts are quite simply the tender shoots/sprouts of germinating seeds. They are one of the easiest foods you can grow indoors and take up next to no space in your kitchen. Sprouts are packed with protein, vitamins, enzymes and minerals and can provide a cheap, fresh, valuable addition to any diet. Lovely in salads, sandwiches or stir-fries...

In whole-grain foods, the plant's cellular walls protect nutrients from oxidation. The process of oxidation begins to occur as soon as grain is ground, exposing the cell's contents to oxygen in the air. Within twenty-four hours of grinding wheat, forty percent of the nutrients have oxidised. Within seventy-two hours of processing (just three days), ninety percent of the nutrients have...

Potatoes are one of those staples that can keep us fed all year round Ireland. Maincrop potatoes are used for stashing away and eating through Winter and Spring when little else is available in the garden. These potatoes generally produce thicker skins and have longer dormancy periods which inhibits them from sprouting too soon. However, to keep your maincrop potatoes...

Steam juicing is a gentle and efficient process that involves using steam to extract juice from fruits and vegetables.

Often considered a practice of the more geekier strain of gardener, saving seeds (of certain plants) is, however, easy and accessible to anyone.

It's the time of year when many people can have a glut of produce in the garden. You may find you have a bumper crop of beans, courgettes, carrots, cabbage, onions or kohlrabi....well we have a few ideas of what you can do with your surplus produce. Fermentation is our favourite way of dealing with a glut of food and...

If you have an abundance of cucumbers, then fermenting is a great way to preserve them. Fermented Cucumbers or Gherkins are a great addition to sandwiches, salads and they even taste great just by themselves as a quick snack. Fermenting vs Pickling The fermentation of vegetables is among the oldest and healthiest methods of preserving food. There can be a...

You can dry herbs to make your own herbal teas and to use in cooking throughout the year. It's a relatively simple process and a great way to use up any excess or underused herbs you have growing in the garden.. Harvesting Herbs for Drying You can harvest herbs throughout the season, but the best taste is obtained from fresh...

Grain is an amazing food – beautifully packaged in its exterior wrapping of bran it will keep for a very long time.  Once milled its nutritious bounty is made available for us to enjoy as flour and with the magic of fermentation this is transformed into our daily bread. A blessing indeed - especially if you step out of the...