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Activity of the Day: Salad Saviour! (OK, it's really a recipe, or at least ingredient prep)
That feeling of gloom when all the salads you had growing suddenly bolt and go from delicious tender leaves to aphid-covered leathery...
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Kate
May 27, 20203 min read
Recipe: The Ultimate Adaptable (Rhubarb, This Time) Muffin Recipe
Thanks Clare for giving us this recipe, all those years ago... This muffin recipe is totally flexible- It can be used to make anything...
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Kate
May 25, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Make a simple scarecrow
Dig out old clothes or fancy dress to make a very simple scarecrow who can end up wearing anything you like! This versatile scarecrow...
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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 22, 20203 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure Hunting 10- no-map compass hunting
Who doesn't love a compass! Even if you don't actually need to use one, it definitely makes you feel more like a proper explorer when out...
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Kate
May 21, 20203 min read
Activity of the Day: Pressed flowers with or without a flower press!
A great traditional way to preserve flowers and leaves, this is an incredibly easy technique suitable for absolutely anyone to do. It...
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Kate
May 20, 20201 min read
Planting out demonstration
Here’s one of our mini gardeners demonstrating how to replant pot grown plants. These tomatoes went into the vineyard greenhouse last...
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Kate
May 20, 20203 min read
Recipe: Really Tasty One-Pot Rhubarb Pilau
Pilau dishes are eaten across a large part of the world- pretty much anywhere rice is grown. Some varieties of pilau use bulghur wheat as...
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Kate
May 19, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting extra help game- jigsaw map making
As promised in an earlier post, here is an extra treasure hunt game especially for people who are finding it hard to connect a drawn map...
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Kate
May 17, 20203 min read
Recipe: Queen of Hearts giant fluffy Jammy Dodgers
We had a request for making "those biscuits that have got the big puddle of jam in the middle"... and happened to have a whole lot of...
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Kate
May 16, 20202 min read
Recipe: Rhubarb and tomato soup (vegetarian/ vegan)
This recipe was adapted from a description of a creamy Romanian soup- it sounded lovely… and this soup tastes really lovely! We’re not...
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Kate
May 13, 20203 min read
Activity of the Day: Treasure hunting 9- sketched map hunt
We're back on the treasure hunting trail and back to a simpler form of hunting. This is a lovely first kind of map hunt for most people...
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Katy
May 8, 20201 min read
The great Snail Mail Art Exchange
Our art groups can't get together, but we have an exciting project in progress! Twenty-four adults and children are taking part in a big...
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Katy
May 7, 20201 min read
We've gone interactive!
The wonderful artwork created by one of our groups, The Yurt Collective, is part of Air Arts' Wellbeing in the Workplace exhibition at...
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Kate
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Potting on kitchen seedlings
We had a look at handling small seedlings using the handle of a teaspoon a while ago. Today, the mung beans, cannellini beans and popcorn...
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Kate
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Time for a bug hunt
The ground has dried out a bit, the sun has decided to shine quite a lot, and there are definitely more buzzy flying things about... So...
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Kate
Apr 4, 20203 min read
Activity of the day: Make pictures, cards and wrappings with leaf and flower hammer art
We really like this activity because it's another one that's really flexible and can be modified to suit everyone (unless they're really...
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Kate
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Make your own needle compass
Make your own simple compass with a needle and magnet to go exploring
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Kate
Apr 1, 20206 min read
Activity of the day: Rag rug doormat, bath mat, bedside toe warmer, medieval tapestry... method 1!
Make your own rag rugs using worn out fabric from around the house
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Katy
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Try making a tippy tap!
We're spending lots of time in the garden at the moment, so we made a tippy tap for hand washing on the go! It's really simple and very...
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