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Oilve Oil? Any good?

The Greeks, the Romans the Mesopotamians all valued olive oil for a wide variety of reasons. Olive oil is the product of pressing the fruits of the olive tree under high pressure to extract the oil...

Pickling Your Onions

A simple recipe for home pickling onions....

A Guide To British Fauna - The European Polecat

Scientific Name : Mustela putorius Common Names : European Polecat, Common Ferret, Black Polecat, Forest Polecat, Fitch Physical appearance : The European Polecat is a member of the Mustela genus,...

A Guide To British Fauna - The Eurasian Beaver

British Fauna - The Eurasian Beaver. Read our latest Bush Telegraph article to find out more.

A Guide To British Fauna - The Great Crested Newt

Scientific Name : Triturus cristatus Common Names : The Great Crested Newt, The Northern Crested Newt, The Warty Newt Photo:F Lamiot, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4...

A Guide To British Fauna - The Wild Boar

Scientific Name : Sus scrofa Common Names : Wild Swine, Eurasian Wild Pig, Wild Pig Photo:Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia C...

The European Hedgehog - A guide to British fauna

Scientific Name : Erinaceus europaeus Common Names : European Hedgehog, Western European Hedgehog, Common Hedgehog Photo attribution:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Michael_G%C3%A4bler Ph...

The Common Viper - A guide to British fauna

Scientific Name : Vipera berus Common Names : Common Adder, Black Adder, Common European Adder, Common European Viper, Crossed Viper, Common Cross Adder, Northern Viper. Photo:Benny Trapp, CC BY ...

A Guide To British Fauna - The Common Pipistrelle

Scientific Name : Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common Names : Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrelle Bat Photo:Barracuda1983, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikim...

A Guide To British Fauna - The Mountain Hare

Photo:en:User:A.C.Easton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Scientific Name : Lepus timidusCommon Names : Mountain Hare, Blue Hare, Tundra Hare, Variable hare, White Hare, Snow Hare, Alpine Har...