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Activity of the day: Edible flower identification
We've been making a whole lot of fuss about elderflower the past month or so- it's such a great ingredient- that we thought it would be...
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Jun 24, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.8: Tomatoes
How to Grow and Use TOMATOES Grow and pick TOMATOES Tomato plants will get quite big– they need planting in the ground or a big pot. An...
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Kate
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.7: Sunflowers
This one isn't such an obvious food plant- but the seeds are great for humans and birds to eat (also mice, if you don't store them...
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Kate
Jun 20, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.6: Salads
Salads are fantastic because you can grow enough baby salad leaves in pots on a small windowsill all year around for putting in...
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Kate
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.3: Cuttings
This one is a little different: If you have some plants or are able to get hold of bits other people are cutting off or digging up plants...
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Kate
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Greenhouse all glazed!
It’s in one piece- except for the auto openers- it was just too hot to fit them once the glass was all in! It’s going to be a fantastic...
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Kate
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Recipe: Fresh mint or lemon balm tea
Since herbs are growing at quite a pace now, we're getting back into using fresh herbs where we've been using dried over the last few...
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Kate
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Greenhouse roof and sides on!
Just in time for the storm...
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Kate
Jun 13, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.1: Basil!
We're running Big Grow plant giveaway and advice sessions on Thursdays from 1-3pm outside Bramblebrook community centre for anyone to...
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Kate
Jun 12, 20202 min read
Recipe: Elderflower (or mint chocolate) no-ice-cream-mixer vegan sorbet
We've been using chickpea water, also known as aquafaba, for a few years now in vegan cakes and meringues- then wondered if you can also...
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Kate
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Activity: Slug drinking preferences experiment
Slugs famously love beer. Do they love any other drinks? We’ve tried using some of our home made elderflower fizz and comparing it with...
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Kate
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Grow new tomato plants from side shoots
Tomato plants come in two main types- bush and indeterminate. Bush tomatoes, unsurprisingly, grow into bushy shapes. Indeterminate...
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Kate
Jun 10, 20202 min read
Recipe: Mint and parsley "help-what's-in-the-cupboard" tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is another one of those recipes that SHOULD be made one way, traditionally- except that every traditional recipe is quite...
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Kate
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Frame all done- next step, glazing!
It’s getting there- in spite of the rain, we’re at least half way to having an awesome sheltered growing and groups space at the...
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Kate
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Soggy giant Meccano weekend!
The greenhouse has arrived - we spent a long soggy day yesterday starting to build the frame and it looks like being another wet day...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20201 min read
News: YPTE awards Crow Wood's young gardeners a Highly Commended!
It feels like ages ago when our home education families were working so hard at the allotment and in the greenhouse, preparing the site,...
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Kate
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Turns out it’s raspberry season!
They’re a bit on the sundried side down at the vineyard plot, but there are ripening raspberries already- apparently there were a few...
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Kate
Jun 1, 20203 min read
Recipe: Minty everything!
These recipes were adapted from a mint sorbet recipe by Crumbs on the Table - quantities modified into mugs (because that's easier than...
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Katy
May 31, 20202 min read
Recipe: The elderflowers are here!
Rhubarb has been a bit of a thing for us these past few weeks, but it now has to make way for all things elderflower! We're kicking off...
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Kate
May 29, 20202 min read
Recipe: Rhubarb crumble
Well, it had to appear in the end... Something a little more traditional after all these slightly strange rhubarb recipes: The classic...
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