The Potting Shed

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A kintsugi repaired ceramic bowl with golden seams beside sealed adhesive tubes and a small pot of gold pigment powder.

Does a kintsugi kit go off? Epoxy shelf life and storing an unopened kit

A kintsugi kit has no best before date because nothing in it spoils. How to store the sealed epoxy and the pigment, and why mixed epoxy cannot be saved.

A ball of fresh homemade mozzarella draining in muslin beside a thermometer and small pots of rennet and citric acid.

How long does a cheese making kit keep? Rennet, citric acid and the 24 month best before

Cheese kits keep 24 months from packing. How rennet, citric acid and cheese salt age, why the date matters more here, and how long your fresh cheese lasts.

Dried juniper berries, citrus peel and botanicals in small open sachets beside a bottle of homemade gin on a kitchen worktop.

How long does a gin making kit keep? Botanical shelf life, best before and the finished gin

How long a gin kit lasts, what changes in dried botanicals after the best before date, how to store them between batches and how long your finished gin keeps.

A row of unopened make your own kit boxes stacked neatly on a wooden kitchen cupboard shelf.

How long do Sandy Leaf Farm kits keep? Shelf life and best before dates for every kit

The best before date, the shelf life and the storage advice for every Sandy Leaf Farm kit, plus how long the gin, cheese, bacon or kimchi you make will last.