Hello & Welcome My Green Gate Guys and Gals

Hello & Welcome to everyone,

My name is Sarah Fitzgerald. I’m a lover of all things food & I would like to show you how I use it from “Seed to Soul”

 Growing, Cooking and Creating.

With this blog I hope to share with you some of my favourite recipes, pass along what I’ve learned about fermentation of all kinds, homemade non toxic house hold products, all my homemade skin care products and the best natural ones out there, share my food adventures, tell you some stories from my childhood and show you how I grow, cook and use what I grow in my own garden.

I suppose I want to pass along the things I’ve learned while growing up in rural County Kerry, Ireland and the many things I’ve learned since then. The hospitality business has allowed me to travel the world while working, and along the way I’ve picked up a few things about myself and my love of all things food and Fermentation. I’m not a traditionally trained chef but I have a sincere passion for food that goes back to when I was a young child.

 I Love to grow Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers, Cook with them, Ferment with them and more, make products for inside and outside of the body with them and try to use them for the good of the body and mind. I like the odd essential oil and the many benefits and uses they have.

I have had problematic skin since I was 16 and more than 20 years later I think I have it figured out. I have also always had some sort of mild of allergy to something or other all my life, which I also have gained some control over through what I put in and on my body. I was known as “sneezy Sarah” growing up. Most of what I do is self-taught, through a lot of reading and what I’ve learned over the years through trial and error. Some were eurika moments and some utter disasters. By no means am I an expert but I know what works for me and from advice I pass along, it works for others also.

My background is in hotels and restaurants and achieved a hospitality degree many years ago. I have cooked and served for guests, friends and family alike most of my life.

My earliest memories are in my Grandmothers kitchen in County Kerry making Irish Soda Bread and apple pies. She made the most delicious meals with little effort and the best ingredients. Our family favourites were her brown buns which were brown soda scones and her legendary meat pies (both of which I will post). She was also the person who introduced me to growing Vegetables and Flowers. She had a love hate relationship with her gladioli and her garden was always perfect, even though she may have cut the hedge strimmer wire mid strim while standing on a chair more than once.

My Mother was also a major influence when it came to gardening. She has a tiny little green house where she grows a lot of everything, even corn one year in our irish climate was impressive. It was delicious. Her cucumbers are legendary. Her garden is beautiful with many flowers she has grown from seed year after year. She is a wonderful cook also and her sandwiches are family favourites.

Our house in County Kerry was and is a popular one. My Grandfather Fitz built it, my Father grew up there and my siblings and I had a lovely childhood there. The room my sister and I shared used to be my grandfathers shop. Neighbours, friends and family have and still do enjoy time in our house at the crossroads.

I will hopefully share my life with you all through my love of mother nature.

Please let it be known I’m NOT an award winning writer by any means, in fact I surprised my self that I’m even doing this, but I do write from the Heart.

Later in another post I will share with you why I chose “The Green Green Gate” as my blog name.

I’m looking forward to this journey from seed to soul.

Kind regards

Sarah