Living on war rations Lord Woolton pie & Victory Garden catch up (wartime kitchen & garden) #frugal

In this episode im making the classic Lord Woolton Pie from my wartime Cookbook (We'll eat again) . Im also catching up with some victory garden jobs & ahowing you another wartime book that i bought off Ebay..

My WARTIME CHALLENGE (digging for victory wartime kitchen & garden)
Welcome back to Wildwood Cottage & welcome back to Wales.

We are sticking to our extreme frugal living & make do & mend theme, plus I will be doing as much as I can for free.
I'm also sharing what my wartime rations will be for a week.

2024 is the year of my Wartime Challenge using my wartime cookbooks to prepare meals on my Prity 2p41 wood cook-stove. I'm starting a digging for victory garden to help reduce my food budget & I will be trying to stick to war rations in my own daily life, growing a wartime kitchen garden & re-purposing, re-using & up-cycling where possible when I need something.

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Hi Im Hazel & i recently moved into a remote cottage in Wales which had a very old tired garden sloping down towards the farm fields below. The garden had been tended by an elderly gentle who died at aged 97 & he'd looked after it for 50 years. All it had was shrubs, hedges & trees. This has given me a great opportunity to strive towards self-sufficiency. i'll be growing my own food & living extremey frugal spending as little money as possible.

In these days of high inflation & financial crisis my wartime challenge is the ideal opportunity to reduce my spnding & my waste. I am starting 2024 with a new dig for victory garden & cooking wartime recipes in the kitchen on my Prity 2p41 cookstove using my wartime cookbooks. I will be sticking to war rations where i can & trying to follow the ration book as much as i can. I want to do as much as i can for free & still eat & live well. I will be growing organic food setting up a wartime kitchen garden, growing organically using no dig gardening & permaculture principles whilst growing complimentary flowers for medicinal use & dyeing wool. I will be making my own clothes & cooking meals from scratch. I will be making jam, preserving food for the winter, canning, fermenting & dehydrating what i can to keep me going when the garden is quiet.

I will be documenting my journey transforming the cottage garden into a beautiful thrivng garden to sustain us & the wildlife that I share my home with. I post videos 2 or 3 times a week dependent on the wifi as its slow, very slow. So tune in to catch up with my frugal living tips & see what im making in the kitchen. I use wartime frugal money saving recipes to cut down on the ingredients & portion sizes. Ive been living this frugal lifestyle for many years & now i want to share that with you. Its a very fulfilling & abundant way to live , its mindful & slow living at its best.
Join me as i share aspects of my everyday life in my Woodland cottage in Wales. I live in a hidden valley on the southern edge of the Snowdonia National Park in the UK. I share the rhythms of my life with the wildlife & seasons around my home. i watch the seasons change from one to another seamlessly & i find my life adapting to their changing rhythm.
A cottage in the Woods
A cottage garden in wales
Sheep on the hills
The seasons changing seamlessly
Striving for selfsufficiency & growing my own food
delighting in keeping my own chickens

[thekitchenscrap]

Love Lord Woolton Pie, it’s always a winner 💪🫶

[emilyhird]

The gravy looked delicious 😋 ❤ Louise and Emily

[highlandjournalart]

I love your authentic videos, what vegetables did you have in your pie? Your puppy is gorgeous!

[mrsplumbridge]

That looks delicious Hazel I'm going to try that. Never seen it before the nearest i make is cheese, potato and onion pie which i love, thank you 😊 x

[lenorerhodes]

Wartime Farm book looks like a fabulous addition to your library. You pie looked delicious. Next month I need to sow my garlic. The original plant I bought in 2016. I love how each year I can harvest, use what I need and replant. Xx ❤️🌺

[joycepierce]

Hi Hazel
Great video, love your scarf/cowl, great colors! Have a good week!

[Catherinelombard-nixon]

Lovely video Hazel - Stripe's appearances add to the show!!!! Your veggie plants all look like they're coming along nicely. I hope Pippa doesn't mind the competition from Stripe! Your woolton pie looks delicious! Please do not worry about answering every comment - we are just answering you as you comment in the vlog! And do not be concerned about not having meat or fish recipes - I for one, come to your vlogs because of your cheerful and happy disposition, along with your wise advice. You always have something interesting going on! Sending love and prayers your xxoo

[mariajackson]

Hi Hazel,
I hope your well?,
Again brilliant video, I planted 2 artichoke tubers last year for the first time ever and ended up with just over 8.5 lb, for £2.99 for the two tubers that’s got to be a bargain hey?, I’m hoping to go searching for wild garlic this week so I’m quite excited about that, does it grow well in Wales?,
I love your new sign and I’m so pleased you got the wartime farm book, it’s a fantastic read, I have also bought a new book this week, it’s called What to give them?, by Mc Dougalls the flour company, so if you get a chance have a look for that one too, it’s quite a small book but it’s packed with recipes and during the war you could send off a coupon at the back of the book for extra free books from the series, so if you get the urge to invest in another book than I highly recommend it,
Well have a wonderful week, stay fit and healthy, and enjoy hopefully a bit of sunshine this week, take care, I hope your still saving me a space in wales haha, x

[jenniferbrighty]

Hi Hazel, I hope you're doing OK xx ❣️❣️❣️
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. 😊😊... thanks for the shout out😮😮...can you not have fresh fish, from the fish monger???..it was just a thought...🤔🤔...your health is what's important... Stripe looks to have made himself at home...hope all your girls are OK too...your pie sounded delicious...I think vegetable Lasagne is nicer without the meat...hope you have a Wonderful Week..Happy Gardening, take care and stay safe..lots of love, Blessings and Big Hugs to you both, girls and
from the both of us..in a mild but wet corner of Lancashire ⚘️⚘️⚘️🍀🍀🍄🍄

[kimmiemamatomany]

Hazel, the little scarf-hat (??) looks so cute on you. Can you share how you do it?

Be true to yourself. I am sure the Holy Spirit will guide you in what to eat.

Be well!

[mariajackson]

Hi Hazel,
Just checking you are ok as it’s been a while since your last video and im getting a tad worried, I’m hoping it’s just that your busy enjoying the little bit of sunshine we have had, I hope your getting lots of lovely puppy kisses, hope to see you soon x

[jillychandler]

I hope that you are feeling better, and have found good food that you can eat, with your allergies? Blessings and hugs, from Jilly & licks from Madge. xxx

[Pinkbubble]

Hi Hazel, brand new to your channel and im all up for any tips on how to survive on very little money, which is the situation im in, sadly. I used to cry when out shopping with only a £5 to get food and female essentials but yesterday discovered that at 7pm a supermarket near me had salads and vegetables etc for 10p. Felt like id won the lottery. Looking forward to watching your channel ❤for advice take care God bless 🙏

[kevinricketts]

Just discovered you and how nice. This year I'm concentrating on rhubarb ( which I don't like) to give away, leeks which grow very well here in Caistor and Jerusalem Artichokes which I see you also grow. Life is pretty good isn't it!