News: Wonderful veg!
Although today on the allotment we were doing battle with the bindweed (it's never ending!), it was lovely to take stock and enjoy how...
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Kate
Aug 15, 20201 min read
Recipe: Garlic fried courgettes
Simple, quick and extremely tasty! Ingredients Courgettes (about 1-2 cupfuls of sliced courgette per person) Garlic (as much as you like-...
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Kate
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Natural bird feeder
Excuse the blurry image! This is a goldfinch eating ragwort seeds. The plants have been host to up to 10 birds at a time- bluetits, great...
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Kate
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Saving dried seed
It's the time of year when quite a lot of herb and salad plants are setting seed- and lots of flowers, too. While letting them self-seed...
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Kate
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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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Katy
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Recipe: Lovely lavender cake!
Lavender might not seem like the obvious choice as a herb to eat, but if you're familiar with Jersey lavender shortbread, you'll know how...
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Kate
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
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, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.2: Coriander
How to Grow and Use CORIANDER Grow and pick CORIANDER 1. Put your plant in a light place but not in full sun 2. Stand the pot on a...
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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 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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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
May 22, 20201 min read
New recipe series starting soon...
It’s looking like our next glut of the year will be starting soon! With the rhubarb plants in need of a bit of a rest, look out for glut...
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Kate
May 17, 20201 min read
Grafted apple trees growing nicely!
A few people have asked, so here they are: The apple trees that got grafted a bit too late due to the terrible wet weather followed by...
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Katy
May 13, 20201 min read
Pests on the plot!
Working on the allotment around the orchard area, the fruit tree blossom looked fantastic, and it was good to know that they’re all doing...
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Kate
May 10, 20201 min read
Hospital plant donations are go...
A plot holder at the allotments and his nurse sister have asked for donations of spare plants on Sundays starting today. These are going...
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