Wild Oak Wood Blog

Our blog follows our family life in SW France. From exploring the local area to growing our own food and raising animals (and kids!) Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our latest videos.
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Homemade Nettle Beer
Such an interesting way of using up nettles! Its sweet and very very fizzy! Will definitely be having another go to perfect the recipe. Have a watch of our latest video
Homemade Dandelion Salve
There are so many great uses for dandelions! In this video I show you how I made my very first batch of dandelion salve with just a few ingredients (it’s so easy!)
Hatching Our Own Baby Chicks
Watch our baby chicks hatching! Having had Mr Fox visit us recently it was time to pull out the incubator and have another go at hatching the last of our hen’s eggs and it was a success!
How To Divide Rhubarb
How I went about dividing our rhubarb crowns, upcycling some old tyres in the process!
How To Create A Rock Garden
Creating a rock garden is such a great way to make a difficult garden space look amazing. In this video I show you how I went about creating one.
Strawberry Season
There's nothing better than home grown strawberries, then getting creative in the kitchen and trying out different recipes. Blog post.
Pumpkin Harvest
After planting seeds back in Spring we harvested some pretty impressive pumpkins for the first time. We're looking forward to pumpkin soup!